For over a decade, Internet2 and ESnet have hosted technical meetings that bring together network operators from the university, laboratory, and vendor communities to share best practices. The Focused Technical Workshop series is a spin-off of these successful efforts. In July 2013, ESnet and Internet2 will host a two-day workshop focusing on Network Issues for Life Sciences Research. As the first of its kind, this meeting will bring together our communities’ technical experts in a smaller, more intimate setting with scientists in the field of life sciences to discuss their most pressing network-related issues and requirements. More>
Posts Tagged ‘Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)’
Call for Proposals on Network Issues for Life Sciences Research
Thursday, May 9th, 2013ESnet and CENIC Connect at 100 Gbps
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) and the Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) have announced a 100-Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) link between their networks at the Sunnyvale backbone node of CENIC’s California Research and Education Network (CalREN). Between them, CENIC and ESnet serve some of the most advanced and innovative research institutions in the world, including universities, national laboratories, supercomputing centers and large-scale scientific facilities. More>
ESnet to Help Create First 100Gbps Research Link Across Atlantic
Monday, April 29th, 2013Six of the world’s leading research and education networks – ESnet, Internet2, NORDUnet, SURFnet, CANARIE and GÉANT – have announced their intent to build the world’s first 100 gigabits-per-second (Gbps) intercontinental transmission links for research and education. The project, called the “Advanced North Atlantic 100G Pilot” or ANA-100G, is aimed at stimulating the market for 100 Gbps intercontinental networking and advancing global networks and applications to benefit research and education. More>
ESnet’s New Map Gives Up-to-the-Minute Network Data
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
A new interactive map developed by the Department of Energy’s ESnet (Energy Sciences Network) provides a detailed, up-to-the-minute look at the level of traffic traversing the various sections of the network as it connects 40 research sites around the country. ESnet is currently the world’s fastest coast-to-coast science network with a national backbone with 100 gigabit-per-second capability. More>
ESnet5 Deployment Team Named as ‘Fierce’ Innovators
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
The ESnet5 Deployment Team, charged with rolling out the 100 Gigabit per second national network that entered production in November, has been named to the first annual “Fierce 15″ list of the top federal employees and teams who have done particularly innovative things. The list, announced by the Fierce Government newsletter, was compiled by publication staff who conducted interviews with government officials and industry to identify some of the most innovative projects and forward-thinking people working in government. From that pool, editors collaboratively selected this year’s Fierce 15. More>
ESnet Rolls Out World’s Fastest Science Network
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
As scientific research becomes increasingly data-intensive and globally collaborative, the ability to quickly and reliably share enormous data sets is critical to challenges as diverse as finding cleaner energy technologies, understanding climate change and investigating the nature of our universe. To accelerate such discovery, ESnet is now operating the world’s fastest science network, serving the entire national laboratory system, its supercomputing centers, and its major scientific instruments at 100 gigabits per second — 10 times faster than its previous generation network. ESnet is managed by Berkeley Lab. More>
ESnet Helps Brookhaven Lab Weather Hurricane Sandy
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Hurricane Sandy took a terrible toll last week, but this screenshot from ESnet’s public webportal shows that network traffic to and from Long Island’s Brookhaven National Laboratory was not impacted by the devastating storm that struck the New York area this week. Why does it matter that Brookhaven’s connection to ESnet, and to the broader Internet, remained functional during the disaster? It matters because modern science has entered an age of extreme-scale data. In more and more fields, scientific discovery depends on data mobility, as huge data sets from experiments or simulations move to computational and analysis facilities around the globe. More>
ESnet Revving up to Unleash 100 Gbps National Science Network
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
In late 2012, ESnet will take the next step, upgrading its network to 100 gigabits per second (Gbps), replacing the multiple 10 Gbps links now making up the network’s backbone.Under the current schedule, the switchover to ESnet5 will be done in November 2012, with different regions being migrated in sequence. Upon it’s completion, ESnet5 will be the world’s fastest science network. More>
Sept. 12 Webinar on Using Globus Online for ESnet Users
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Staff from ESnet, DOE’s high-speed science network managed by Berkeley Lab, and Globus Online, a fast, reliable file transfer service, will offer a free webinar on how ESnet users can more easily transfer data. The free webinar will be held from 11 am to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12. This webinar will provide an overview of ESnet’s “Science DMZ” concept, and a demonstration of the most frequently used Globus Online features, tips and tricks, and Q&A for integrating these tools into the scientific workflow. Registration is required.
Earth System Grid Federation: A Modern Day ‘Silk Road’ for Climate Data
Monday, August 6th, 2012
Centuries ago, civilizations grew and flourished along trade routes like the Silk Road, where diverse populations shared knowledge and goods. Back then, information traveling on these networks by horse or camel took months, often years, to reach its destination. Today, knowledge travels at light speed over networks of fiber optic cables that circle the globe. Although the methods of travel have changed, the effects of these connections remain the same: communities thrive by sharing information. This is true of the climate research community, where approximately 25,000 researchers in 19 different countries are sharing data and tools via the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF). Engineers from ESnet are working to ensure that this information travels reliably from end-to-end. More>
