National Landscapes in SE Europe and Greece

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National Landscapes in SE Europeand Greece
Jorge-A. Sanchez-P. Greek Research Technology
Network sanchez at grnet.gr www.grnet.gr
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Content

• Development of eInfrastructures in Greece
• GRNET network infrastructures
• GRNET Grid infrastructures
• Dark fibre plans
• Development of eInfrastructures in SE-Europe
• SEEREN -gt SEEREN2
• SEE-GRID
• SEEFIRE
• SEELight

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GRNET Network infrastructure

• 12-PoP high speed backbone network based on
  2.5Gbps leased lambdas and Gigabit routers.
• Interconnects academic and research institutions
  (more than 80 today) at up to 1Gbps and primary
  and secondary schools (more than 10.000) at Mbps.
• A total of up to 1.500.000 potential end-users.
• International 2x2.5Gbps (to be upgraded to
  2x10Gbps 3Q05)

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GRNET Grid infrastructure

• 6 clusters/sites in deployment (770 CPUs, 34 TBs
  storage).
• Involves all major research and academic
  institutes working on Grids-eScience all over
  Greece.
• High Energy Physics, Bio-informatics,
  Meteorology, Astronomy, Computer
  scientists-Virtual Collaboration Environments
• Providing services to the Pan-European GRID
  community through the EGEE Project and the SEE
  community through the SEE-GRID Project.

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Dark fibre plans (2005)

• Initiated the process of acquiring dark fibre
  spans in 4Q2004.
• Tenders for DF issued in 1Q2005 (first public
  ones released in Greece) aiming at three fibre
  lines
• One terrestrial in northern Greece
  (Thessaloniki-Xanthi)
• Two submarine lines in the Aegean Sea
  (Syros-Samos islands and Athens-Crete)
• DF Tenders requirements
• 15-year IRUs.
• Maintenance support at layer-1 (against fibre
  cuts and fibre performance degradation).
• Fibre pairs supporting 10Gbps transmission.
• Option of installing GRNET optical equipment
  (passive or active) in intermediate locations of
  the end-to-end fibre spans.
• Monitoring system for automatic detection of
  fibre cuts or performance degradation with
  indication of each Failure Report Time
• Availability of at least 99
• Optional protection of fibre spans.
• Currently (July 2005) in contract preparation
  phase.
• RFP followed by an RFI for transmission equipment
  under preparation

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Received offers
932 km of dark fibre
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Dark fibre plans (2006)

• The whole of the GRNET backbone is planned to be
  implemented using dark fibre pairs obtained via
  long-term IRUs.
• Within 2006, tenders will be released requesting
  for dark fibre between all of the existing GRNET
  PoPs currently operating with leased lambdas.
• Actions for obtaining dark fibre towards the
  northern part of Greece, in an attempt to
  establish cross border fibre links with
  neighbouring countries, are also planned.
• Tender for long haul, multiple wavelengths
  optical transmission switching equipment also
  planned for 2006

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Content

• Development of eInfrastructures in Greece
• GRNET network infrastructures
• GRNET Grid infrastructures
• Dark fibre plans
• Development of eInfrastructures in SE-Europe
• SEEREN -gt SEEREN2
• SEE-GRID
• SEEFIRE
• SEELight

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Vision

• The vision ease the digital divide in SE
  Europe.
• Help promote scientific and educational
  cooperation between EU MS and SEE
• Act as an enabler for dissemination and
  development of the next generation of Internet
  technologies in SEE states that are on course to
  joining the EU.
• Contribute to the reconstruction and
  stabilisation of the region.

Ease the digital divide in SE Europe
Bring SEE in the RE Networking Map
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SEEREN A small step for the SEENRENs, a big
leap for the region

• South-Eastern European Research and Education
  Network
• Interconnects the Research and Education Networks
  of AL, BA, BG, MK, CS, HU, RO and GR among them
  and to GEANT.
• Launched and entered its stable operation on Jan.
  2004.
• in 2005 connectivity is co-funded by GEANT2.
• SEEREN2 to start at the end of 2006.
• Constitutes today the South Eastern European
  segment of the multi-gigabit pan-European
  Research and Education network GÉANT
• Distributes the Network Management Operations
  to competent Academic Groups in the Region (the
  Virtual Network Operations Center VNOC concept
  developed by GRNET).
• SEEREN capitalized on the growing aspiration of
  the SEE countries to integrate to the rest of
  Europe and eventually be equal peers with
  advanced European nations. Still a major driving
  force.
• SEEREN enacted a communication channel between
  the SEE scientific community. Refocused the RE
  community in their common endeavors and wealthy
  cultural heritage that dates from several hundred
  years ago.
• more at www.seeren.org

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SEEGRID the eInfrastructure inclusion into SEE

• South-Eastern European Grid-enabled
  eInftastructure
• Established at least one fully operational and
  certified grid site in all participating SEE
  countries
• each contractor setup at least one site
• third parties setup additional sites
• 5-50 nodes targeted in each site
• EGEE SEE ROC caters for the operations
• HEP and Biomed applications, developed by EGEE,
  deployed in the regional infrastructure. Two
  additional Grid applications developed by
  SEE-GRID partners deployed in the regional
  infrastructure
• Volumetric Image Visualization Environment (VIVE)
  for medical images and other static or
  time-dependent scalar and vector 3D fields
• Search Engine for South-East Europe (SE4SEE) for
  Grid-aided web-crawling data indexing
• To achieve sustainability of the grid
  infrastructure assists in establishing a National
  Grid Initiative in each SEE country
• more at www.see-grid.org

SEEREN
SEEREN
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SEEFIRE looking for asustainable eInfrastructure

• South-Eastern European Fibre Infrastructure
  Studies
• is producing studies on the options available for
  acquiring an optical fibre network infrastructure
  and strategies for the development of RE
  networking in SEE.
• is raising awareness among stakeholders of NRENs,
  governments, users and telecommunication
  operators, about providing interconnection
  facilities in SEE to reduce the digital divide.
• Will provide
• a benchmark of existing and potentially available
  optical fibre for NRENs in the region
• an analysis of the technical options available
  for the deployment of dark fibre and the
  management of optical transmission by NRENs in
  the region
• reports on economic aspects and regulations
• dissemination of information and increased
  awareness about dark-fibre deployment both at
  technical and policy-making levels
• more at www.seefire.org

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SEELight the lambda facility for SEE RE

• South-East European Lambda Network Facility for
  RE
• Proposal for the deployment of an advanced
  regional network infrastructure (lambda network
  facility) for RE, under the Hellenic Plan for
  the Economic Reconstruction of the Balkans
  (HiPERB).
• SEELight is the response to the need of SEE for
  high-quality research and education. The project
  will
• help create a viable economy-of-scale model for
  the region to reduce networking costs per
  country,
• support the evolving needs of SEE RE communities
  in the fields of domestic and international data
  communications,
• provide the foundation for network-based
  information exchange and co-operation towards a
  SEE Regional Information Society
• serve as a testbed for development of new
  services, and allow the SEE RE community to
  participate in international networking
  activities
• assist the SEE countries to achieve their
  development goals, support the growth of their
  National Research Education Networks (NRENs),
  accelerate research, fuel national and regional
  economic growth, and aid their integration with
  the rest of Europe.

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Preferred DF routes and plans
2005
2006
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SEEFIRE RFI (1/3)
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SEEFIRE RFI (2/3)
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SEEFIRE RFI (3/3)
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