PIONIER eInfrastructure for research

and new services development

Robert Pękal, Maciej Stroiński

Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center

17-21.04.2011, Spring 2011 Internet2 Member Meeting

Poland in European Union

European & Polish Models of e-Infrastructure

European Model Polish Model Responsible Intitutions

• Local dark fibre investment and ownership

• Delivering IP based & VPN services

• Cost sharing (recovery) model for academic community

• Testbeds in new technologies

• Taking part in Regional Development Plan setup

• R&D regional IT infrastructure development coordination

Academic MAN activity

• Is acting under the umbrella of the legal entity of university or R&D institution

• Is obliged to service regional academic community

• Has a legal permission to act as IT operator or ISP

• Is authorized to apply for Ministry of Science grants to develop new services

• Is co-operating closely with local community

• Is a member of the Polish national PIONIER Consortium

Every academic MAN:

PIONIER - National Research and Education Network

• Area 312k sq km

• Population 38M

• Main academic centers 21

• State universities 165+

• Students 2M+ • R&D institutions and Univ. interconnected via PIONIER network 700+

22 MANs and 5 HPC Centers in PIONIER Consortium with PSNC as Operator

How PIONIER is constructed?

6169 km of fiber infrastructure in Poland 763 km of fiber in Germany (IRU)

6932 km of fiber in total

3 different models of development and ownership

pipes and cables ownership

(mutual investment)

fibers in a common cable

fiber cable ownership

How PIONIER is constructed?

PIONIER fiber optics

technologies

ground

ground, along railways

power distribution system

PIONIER teletransmission

ZIELONA GÓRA

KATOWICE

KRAKÓW

LUBLIN

WARSZAWA

BYDGOSZCZ

TORUŃ

CZĘSTOCHOWA

BIAŁYSTOK

OLSZTYN

RZESZÓW Bielsko-Biała

KOSZALIN

SZCZECIN

WROCŁAW

ŁÓDŹ

KIELCE

PUŁAWY

OPOLE

RADOM

CESNET; SANET 2x10 Gb/s

GÉANT2 10+10 Gb/s

CBDF 10Gb/s

Zamość

UKRAINE 1x10 Gb/s

Gorzów

PIONIER network node

2 x 10 Gb/s (2 lambdas)

POZNAŃ

Elbląg Suwałki

LITHUANIA 1 x 10 Gb/s

BIELARUS 1 x 10 Gb/s

GDAŃSK

RUSSIA (Kaliningrad) 1 x 10 Gb/s

Colorless and directionless 80ch DWDM system

Sochaczew

Hamburg (Surfnet, Nordunet) 4x10 Gb/s

Network Operation Center

• Operate 24 / 7 / 365

• 2 Network Operation Centers

– Poznan

– Lodz

• Out-of-band management

• Monitoring facilities

• Full set of measurement

equipment

Result: 99,99% reliability in Pionier

• Science institutions – 198

• Universities – 165

• Public institutions– 158 • include: Police offices – 18, Fire Guard offices – 10, public TV offices – 11

• Public authorities – 105, include: • Marshall offices – 13 • Voivodship offices – 13 • City Hall offices – 20

• Białystok (6), Bydgoszcz (8), Kielce (2), Koszalin (2), Kraków (10), Lublin (3), Łódź (11), Opole (2), Poznań (16), Wrocław (2), Zielona Góra (3)

• Colleges and comprehensive schools – 115

• Libraries, Museums, Archieves – 134

• Hospitals – 95

PIONIER & MAN’s environment:

• PIONIER is a consortium of 22 academic MANs and HPCs

• PIONIER is supervised by PIONIER Board consisting of 22 representatives, 4 from them creates Executive Committee

• PIONIER network is financed from the member fee

• Member fee is based on the cost sharing model

• Each year PIONIER Board take a decision about the framework and parameters of a cost sharing model

• One member is selected to play the role of the PIONIER network operator (PSNC)

How PIONIER is organized:

Cross Border Fibers

Direct Fiber connections to NRENs

Geant connections

GLIF connections

Research

PIONIER infrastructure as an integral part of ERA

Innovation Education

100G in PIONIER network – logical connections

May I answer Your questions? Thanks for Your kind attention