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NIRAN: a Vehicle for Internet Service Provision for NI Education & Public Sector
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Christopher KellyNIRAN Network Coordinator
Website: www.niran.ac.uk
NIRAN Awareness Day
18th April 2008 Stranmillis University College, Belfast
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Talk Structure• Network in Context
• NIRAN and JANET • Membership• Network Topology • Technical Benefits
• Administration• Funding• Governance
• NIRAN-2• Strategic aims • Benefits to NI plc• Procurement
• Résumé
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Overview• Established October 2004 – 23 Sites
• Core members = Higher & Further Ed• inc. QUB, Ulster, 6 FE Colleges
• Now Connects 30+ sites • inc. 7 public sector sites
• One of 18 regional networks
• Over 200,000 users
• NIRAN + JANET Internet
• Contract with NTL to Oct 2009
• New one needed for 2009-2014
• Reprocurement to start Aug 2008
• More in tender = better VFM for all
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Connected SitesHigher Education Institutions
1. Queens University Belfast
2. University of Ulster
3. Stranmillis College
4. St Mary's College
5. Belfast E-Science Centre
Other Institutions22. Armagh Observatory
23. Dept of Agric Training Colleges
24. Economic Research Institute of NI
25. NI Common Information System
26. Learning & Skills Dev Agency
27. Edu Guidance Service for Adults
28. North Down Borough Council
29. Derry City Council
30. Alta Systems
31. Interconnect to C2K
32. Interconnect to HEAnet (via Letterkenny)
Further Education Colleges Belfast Metropolitan College6. Belfast Campus7. Castlereagh Campus North West Regional College8. North West Campus9. Limavady Campus Northern Regional College10. East Antrim Campus11. North East Campus12. Causeway Campus Southern Regional College13. Newry Campus14. Upper Bann Campus15. Armagh Campus South Eastern Regional College16. North Down Campus17. Lisburn Campus18. East Down Campus South West College19. Omagh Campus20. Fermanagh Campus21. East Tyrone Campus
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Network Topology
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Resilience – Internal and External
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NI Public Sector Networks Internet FeedNI Public Sector Network Gross Internet Bandwidth
ELFni - Libraries 60Mbits/s
NHS - Hospitals 80Mbits/s
Network-ni – Civil Service 200Mbits/s
C2K – Schools 200Mbits/s
NIRAN – HE + FE 2500Mbits/s (option to 5000M)
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NIRAN Services (above Telcos)
World-class Bandwidth •12 sites on 10Mbits• 8 sites on 34Mbits/s• 8 sites on 100Mbits/s• 1 site on 300Mbits/s• 3 sites on 1000Mbits/s•Internet @ 2500Mbits/s
Participation in NIRAN community and governance
NOT Telco Managed Service
•NIRAN manages IP network •via QUB Networks Team
•Helpdesk with NI human staffing
•8am–12pm,363 days per year•Network Monitor service to sites•DNS services provided
Circuits and Routers•Bandwidth + routers to each site•PoP Routers = Cisco 7609•Site Routers = Cisco 7204, 2600 •Future-proofing and scalability •Meeting 99.97% uptime - all links•IP address space
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Netsight: Live Traffic Monitoring [private account per site]
Belfast Metropolitan College
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Funding Sources
• NIRAN Ltd “Not-for-Profit” organisation
• DO NOT Connect Commercial Sites
• Department for Employment and Learning
• JANET (UK) funds – [the parent body]
• Non Ed institutions: ERINI, Arm Obs, etc
• Diversify Membership = better VFM for all
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Governance
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NIRAN-2 Strategic Aims• Continuity of Service - Seamless transition to new network
• Imperative that members get as good as existing service
• Review infrastructure for 3-5 year projection (to 2014)• Institutions + Backbone – bandwidths/routers
• Explore extra resilient Internet linkage• via HEAnet, New NI-US link, Telco peering
• Collaborate with other NI networks• C2K (Schools) – enhance capacity, functionality, applications sharing• ELfNI (Libraries) - establish interconnect• NHS-net (Health) – explore common gateway
• Engage with wider public sector (to facilitate Review of Public Admin)• Local Government, Education & Skills Authority, new Library Authority, etc
• Exploit uniqueness of NIRAN EU cross-border element (no other in JANET)• Strategic collaboration between North-South client base + mutual resilience
• Explore future current network applications/technologies• IPv6, Multicast, QoS + new circuit technologies (e.g. Metro Ethernet VPN)
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NIRAN-2 Benefit to NI-plc• Regional Network: Local Ownership and Agenda
• Economies of scale – bulk buying power Better VFM
• Regional Development - supporting local economy
• Coherent Strategy Cohesive Community
• Integration of Edu sectors – HE, FE, Schools and Public Sector
• Broadening of JANET into public sector user base
• Fosters Intra-regional, Cross-border and Global Links
• Potential for all-Ireland Ed & Public Sector network
• Sustainable Vehicle for Internet Service Provision
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NIRAN-2 Procurement • Talk to members and others in NI Apr-July 2008
• Invitation to Tender document July-Aug 2008
• Advertise ITT in OJEU Sep 2008
• Tender using Competitive Dialogue procedure
• Preferred Supplier selected May 2009
• NIRAN-2 in place for testing Sep 2009
• NIRAN-2 operational Oct 2009
• Three to five year contract to Oct 2014
і If interested in joining, talk to me !Chris Kelly 9097 6099 OR [email protected]
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Résumé
• Regional computer network of 30+ Education & Public Sector sites
• Part of the UK-wide JANET network community
• World-class future-proofed bandwidth: 10M, 34M, 100M, 1000M
• Reliability of 99.97% uptime - resilient NI backbone
• Resilient Dual 2.5Gb Links to Internet
• 1Gb interconnection to RoI Education network, HEAnet
• Funded by DEL + JANET (UK) + Colleges + non-Edu sites
• Network owned + managed by NIRAN Ltd with local agenda
• Current contract with NTL for 5 Years to Nov 2009
• New NIRAN procurement will bring new contract to 2014