USGS ONT2 Workshop

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USGS ONT2 Workshop
USGS-ONT2-7

• Mike Rechtenbaugh
• rech_at_usgs.gov
• SAIC
• September 14, 2005
• Work performed under U.S. Geological Survey
  contract 03CRCN0001

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Introduction
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• USGS Mission Statement The USGS serves the
  Nation by providing reliable scientific
  information to describe and understand the Earth
  .
• Provide Earth Science data including Earthquake /
  Volcano / Flooding / Tsunami for research and
  civilian applications.
• Major Centers at Reston (VA), Denver (CO), Menlo
  Park (CA), EROS (Sioux Falls, SD).
• DS-3/OC-3/OC-12 backbone connection between four
  centers.
• EROS is the only Center currently pursuing
  optical connectivity.
• Three petabyte archive of Land Remote Sensed
  data.
• Ingested 500 terabytes of data in CY2004.
• Distributed over 200 terabytes of data in CY2004.
• Have distributed over 250 terabytes of data in
  CY2005.
• 10x increase in data output from primary ftp
  server in last 13 days (Katrina).
• Current growth will exceed provisioned bandwidth
  in two years.
• Primary need is not intra-USGS, but for Research,
  Govt. and Civilian application.

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Research opportunities
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• Research
• NASA (500 TB /year) data ingest
• LandSat Data Continuity Mission
• Optiputer
• Homeland Security
• Providing detailed urban area data for 120
  cities.
• NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network)

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NLR and USGS locations
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RON opportunity and status
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• EROS will likely partner with the South Dakota
  University Network system, along with BOREAS (MN,
  WI, IA) and/or Great Plains Network (NE, KS, MS)
  for redundant optical paths to Chicago/NLR.
• Currently reviewing RFPs from BOREAS and GPN for
  creation of Regional Optical Networks.
• Limited fiber IRU abilities within South Dakota.
• May provision Layer 3 connection initially.

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Regional optical network opportunities for EROS
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BOREAS
GPN
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Five year timeline
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Interoperability
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• To early in the RFP process to determine exact
  technology.
• Must be consistent with State of South Dakota
  technologies.
• Interoperability issues may exist between GPN and
  BOREAS.

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Key Issues
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• Problems
• Distance issues (Sioux Falls).
• Inability to obtain fiber IRU within South
  Dakota.
• Lack of funding.
• DOI network consolidation.
• Technology
• Dependant upon which vendor contract is chosen.