Cybera Overview Network & U2lity Ini2a2ves
Robin Winsor
Cybera
History
• WURCnet • Netera • Cybera
Current Projects • Sensor Networks • Earth Observa2on • Space Weather • Radio Astronomy
• Westgrid
• GreenStar Network • MoboVivo • Water Hub • ESRI / CSPG • Medical Research
$ / User
# of
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rs
4,000,000
New Ini2a2ves • Public cyberinfrastructure (CI) u2lity
– Broadband enablement
– Innova2on support – Economic drivers
Lab
$ / User
# of
use
rs
4,000,000
Community
Olds, Alberta • 7,200 residents • 3,200 Homes & Businesses • College
“The Olds Ins2tute for Community and Regional Development Technology CommiQee has a vision to make Olds the small and medium enterprise capital of Alberta built on superior cyberinfrastructure.
The OICRD is currently building a private fiber network that will connect every home and business in the community.”
-‐ Norman McInnis, Chief Administra5ve Officer for Olds
Demand For Network Services
• Academic – Growing but well served – Funding difficul2es
Next Genera2on Needs
• Exascale compu2ng
Demand For Network Services
• Academic – Growing but well served – Funding difficul2es
• Public – Urban
• Growing but well served – Rural
• Grossly under-‐served
Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.
“…study ranks Canada 19th worldwide in overall Internet access.” Harvard University Berkman Center Feb 2010
“If we do not act with haste, the innova2ons that could employ our future work force could well pass us by” Globe and Mail editorial Feb 2010
“Governments must regard the internet as basic infrastructure -‐ just like roads, waste and water”
-‐ Dr Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-‐general of the Interna5onal Telecommunica5on Union
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Alberta – Popula2on Distribu2on
Cost to Connect ($/month)
Rural Urban
Speed (Mbps) Satellite Wireless Cable
1.0 70
1.5 100 49
3.0 65
5.0 89
10 47
26 70
50 100
Federal Ini2a2ves
• Canada’s Economic Ac2on Plan – $225M
• Broadband Canada – Connec2ng Rural Canadians • $76.9M for first 52 projects
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Alberta BC Manitoba Labrador NWT Nunavut Ontario Quebec
Federal Ini2a2ves
Company Region Homes
Corridor Communications Inc.
Taber, Pincher Creek, Ranchland and Counties of Cypress, Forty Mile, Warner, Lethbridge and Cardston 5,577
CCI Bighorn and Counties of Clearwater and Yellowhead 2,465
CCI Counties of Red Deer, Lacombe, and Ponoka 1,867 CCI Athabasca Region, Peace River Region 11,335
CCI Wood Buffalo, Bonnyville and counties of Lakeland, St. Paul, and Smoky Lake 1,488
PCC Communications Inc.
Forty Mile, Warner, Cypress, and extended regions of Willow Creek 1,516
PCC Regions of Crowfoot, Vegreville, and Wainwright 8,134 PCC Foothills, Rocky View, and Mountain View 2,475
PCC Jasper, Kananakis, Bighorn and Counties of Clearwater and Yellowhead 436
PCC North Central Region / Stony Plain District 1,817
PCC Peace Region / Peace River & Grande Prairie Districts 1,905 Total 39,015
Homes Homes
Homes Homes
Businesses Businesses
Businesses
Distribution Point
Public CyberInfrastructure
Utility
Content Co.
SuperNet
Satellite Farm
New Ini2a2ves • Network access cost reduc2on
– Peering • Service improvement • Network efficiency
– Academic cost reduc2on – Commercial possibili2es
The Internet
04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in SeaQle Slide 22
BCNET
UBC SFU etc,…
Large ISP Large ISP
Large ISP
Google Facebook
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hQp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering
“Peering is a voluntary interconnec/on of administra/vely separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network “
Also known as seQlement-‐free peering
What is Peering?
04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in SeaQle Slide 23
The Internet + Internet Exchanges
04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in SeaQle Slide 24
BCNET
UBC SFU etc,…
Large ISP Large ISP
Large ISP
Google Facebook
IX Switch
Microsoo
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• Shared 10Gb/s via AEBC to SeaQle • Shared 1Gb/s to SeaQle Internet Exchange (SIX)
• Dedicated 1 Gb/s for private peering with Google
Connec2on through BCNet
04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in SeaQle Slide 25
SIX
BCNET VANTX
10Gb/s 1Gb/s
1Gb/s
1Gb/s
AEBC Vancouver
AEBC Seattle
• Google is the single largest content provider • Many Google services, incl Youtube.com
• 1Gb/s private connec2on between BCNET and Google
• IPv6 and IPv4
Private peering Google
04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in SeaQle Slide 26
Benefits for Cybera
04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in SeaQle Slide 27
• Signi%icantly more Bandwidth for ~10% of Transit price • Shorter Paths • Fast access to large content providers • Increased redundancy Path to SIX peers is not shaped, i.e. better throughput
Concerns SIX does not have SLA, ‘get what you pay for’ Non redundant link to Seattle
Cybera Overview Network & U2lity Ini2a2ves
Robin Winsor
Cybera
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