Competitive Advantage Through Advanced Internet Technology VT Information Technology Spring 2014

Example National/International Research and Education Networks

NationalLambdaRail

Quite a hike …

VT Network Projects for Research and Outreach Since the Late 80s

• Enhance competitiveness through early access to advanced technology

• Ensure strategic connectivity for VT main campus and other sites.

• Promote availability of broadband regionally.• Provide leadership for access and aggregation to

national research networks for Virginia institutions.

VERnet BEV NetworkVirginia

eCorridors

Internet2 NLRMATP

BTOPMARIA

MREX

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Demand increases will continue …• Internet video traffic growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 30%• In 2017, the equivalent of all movies ever made will cross the internet every 3 minutes.• 2017 annual run rate 1.4 Zettabytes. (What the heck is that?)- Cisco Visual Networking Index

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VT Internet Capacity vs. Moore's Law

Internet Capacity Moore's Law Unit Cost

More Fun Facts for Geeks

Economics of Aggregation

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Mid-Atlantic Research and Education Exchange (MREX)

• Regional hubs for exchange of research and education traffic and aggregated access to national and international networks

• Peering with other regional networks, commodity providers, content providers

• Supports MARIA, NetworkVirginia, open to all R&E and community service organizations

• Operated by Virginia Tech Operations Center, 24x7x365

MREX-DC

MREX-ATL

MREX Node Architectures

I2 AL2S – Internet2 Advanced Layer 2 ServiceAL3S – Internet2 Advanced Layer 3 ServiceCPS – Commodity Peering Service (IPv6)TR – TransitRail (commodity peering)

Esnet – US Dept of Energy Energy Sciences NetworkEquinix IX – peering exchange fabric at EquinixTelx IX – peering exchange fabric at TelxASR – Aggregation Services Router

I2 AL2S

ESnet

Equinix IX

Commodity Internet

AL3S

ClevelandWash. DCClevelandWash. DCNew York CityCleveland

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CPS

Cisco ASR 9000

ClientInterfaces

NOVA Fiber Ring

MREX-DC

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Southern CrossRoads

ESnet

Telx IX

Commodity InternetCisco ASR 9000

ClientInterfaces

I2 Backup

SE Region Peers

MREX-ATL

100 Gbps10 Gbps1 Gbps

MREX-DC National Capital Region Network Aggregation Facility

VT Research CenterBallston

VT/UVA Center Falls Church

MREX McClean

MREX Ashburn/Equinix

Private Packet Optical / DWDM Network

VT Blacksburg Other Regional Research Institutions

VT Carilion

Radford U.

NRCC

UVA Mtn. Lake

ISB

Hillcrest

BlacksburgCampusNetwork

MREX-DCEquinix Ashburn

Internet2NLRESnetInternetPeersMAXNetworkVA

MREX-ATLTelx Atlanta

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How VT’s Blacksburg Campus Connects

Can you please get to the bottom line?

Simplified example including only a few basic elements. There are many additional performance and efficiency benefits.

Cost savings are important but we simply could not do what we need to do for VT research without this collaboration and without these resources.

Commodity Internet versus best available state contract rates in Blacksburg and Charlottesville.

Example MREX Annual Cost Savings for MARIA Members

Internet2 Port Costs $ 1,200,000 Access Circuits $ 714,000 Commodity Internet $ 5,645,806

Total Savings for these Elements $ 7,559,806

VT leadership generates revenue and provides benefits to the university

• Provide services to other institutions • Contractor to MARIA• Serve as Internet2 Connector for Virginia• Operate MREX facilities with port and service charges• Supports outreach mission of VT• Puts VT in control and first in line

• Aggregation / volume discounts• Regional and national

• Peering / content delivery networks• Grant funding

Recent Awards (active)

• BTOP Grant - $5.4M 110 mile fiber path (PI Jeff Crowder)

• NSF CC-NIE and EAGER Awards (PI Mark Gardner)

• MARIA 100G to Internet2 (100G)• ASCED Science DMZ (DMZ)• FitGENI (SDN)

• I2 DYNES award to VT for MREX-DC (PI John Nichols)

Creepy Blue Light at MREX-DC