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This international cooperative project pushes the boundaries of global research and education networking and lays a foundation for a new array of international research opportunities. Using 10Gigabit Ethernet WAN PHY technology a local area network connecting computers at the University of Tokyo was extended to include computers at CERN so that they all appeared to be on the same LAN. The connection from the University of Tokyo to T-LEX was provided by the WIDE project. From T-LEX, the circuit was passed to Seattle using a wavelength donated by Tyco Telecommunications through the IEEAF, and cross connected through facilities provided by Pacific Northwest Gigapop in Seattle. From Seattle the circuit was then carried across a dedicated lambda on the CA*net 4 network to the Chicago StarLight. At StarLight, the interconnect to SURFnet's Chicago-Amsterdam lambda was made, taking the connection to NetherLight in Amsterdam. Finally, between NetherLight and CERN, SURFnet's Amsterdam-Geneva lambda was used. The network connection involved interconnecting optical lambdas across equipment from a variety of vendors including Foundry Networks, Nortel Networks and Cisco Systems. This is believed to be the first demonstration of the interoperation of 10Gigabit Ethernet WAN PHY and optical SONET/SDH equipment from these vendors. The 10Gigabit Ethernet connection will be used by the Data Reservoir/GRAPE-DR project of the University of Tokyo to test the optimization and transfer of larger TCP data flows across such a long fat pipe facility. Such transfers are of particular relevance to the ATLAS experiment at CERN's future Large Hadron Collider, where the University of Tokyo is contributing a data analysis center. The data transfer is achieved between a pair of data-sharing systems Data Reservoir placed at the University of Tokyo and CERN. An average transfer rate of 7.57 Gbps was achieved for a single TCP stream, using standard Ethernet frames, between two high-end servers equipped with Chelsio T110 10Gigabit Ethernet adapters. The Data Reservoir system also achieved a 9 Gbps disk-to-disk data transfer with 9 Xeon servers at each end of the connection. This performance figure has not been reported before on an intercontinental disk-to-disk situation. This networking experiment complements and supports activities underway in the Global Lambda Integrated Facility (GLIF). Most of the participants in this effort are also participants in GLIF. The demonstrations were made possible through the support of the following manufacturers, who have generously contributed their equipment and knowledge: Foundry Networks, Nortel Networks, Chelsio Communications, Cisco Systems, Bussan Networks, and Net One Systems. We acknowledge the support of: the European Union project ESTA (IST-2001-33182), CERN OpenLAB, SARA, Global Crossing, Industry Canada, NTT Communications, Special Coordination Fund for Promoting Science and Technology, MEXT, Japan, and ITC of the University of Tokyo. CANARIE is Canada's advanced Internet organization, a not-for-profit
corporation that facilitates the development and use of next-generation
research networks and the applications and services that run on
them. By promoting collaboration among key sectors and by partnering
with similar initiatives around the world, CANARIE stimulates innovation
and growth and helps to deliver social, cultural, and economic
benefits to all Canadians. CANARIE positions Canada as the global
leader in advanced networking, and is supported by its members,
project partners, and the Government of Canada. CANARIE developed
and operates CA*net 4, Canada's national research and education
network. For more information, visit: CERN is the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, one of the
world's most prestigious centers for fundamental research. The
laboratory is currently building the Large Hadron Collider. The
most ambitious scientific undertaking the world has yet seen, the
LHC will collide tiny fragments of matter head on to unravel the
fundamental laws of nature. It is due to switch on in 2007 and
will be used to answer some of the most fundamental questions of
science by some 7,000 scientists from universities and laboratories
all around the world. For more information, visit: Pacific Northwest Gigapop is the Northwest's Next Generation Internet,
applications cooperative, testbed, point of presence; home to the
Pacific Wave international peering exchange; and joint steward
with WIDE of the IEEAF trans-Pacific link. PNWGP and Pacific Wave
connect together high-performance international and federal research
networks with universities, research organizations, and leading
edge R&D and new media enterprises throughout Washington, Alaska,
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and the Pacific Rim. For more information,
visit: SURFnet operates and innovates the national research network,
to which over 150 institutions in higher education and research
in the Netherlands are connected. The organization is among the
leading research network operators in the world. SURFnet is responsible
for the realization of GigaPort Next Generation Network, a project
of the Dutch government, trade and industry, educational institutions
and research institutes to strengthen the national knowledge infrastructure.
Research on optical and IP networking and grids are a prominent
part of the project. For more information, visit: University of Tokyo, Data Reservoir /GRAPE-DR Project is a research
project funded by the Special Coordination Fund for Promoting Science
and Technology, MEXT, Japan. The goal of the project is to establish
a global data-sharing system for scientific data and to construct
a very high-speed computing engine for simulation in astronomy,
physics and bio-science. GRAPE-DR project will construct 2PFLOPS
computing engine and global research infrastructure that utilize
multi-10Gbps networks in 2008. This experiment is performed by
cooperation of the University of Tokyo and Fujitsu Computer Technologies,
LTD. For more information, visit: WIDE, a research consortium working on practical research and
development of Internet-related technologies, was launched in 1988.
The Project has made a significant contribution to development
of the Internet by collaborating with many other bodies -- including
133 companies and 11 universities to carry out research in a wide
range of fields, and by operating M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, one of the
DNS root servers, since 1997. WIDE Project also operates T-LEX
(http://www.t-lex.net/) as an effort of stewardship for the IEEAF
Pacific link in Tokyo. The Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation (IEEAF) is a
non-profit organization whose mission is to obtain donations of
telecommunications capacity and equipment and make them available
for use by the global research and education community. The IEEAF
TransPacific Link is the second 10 Gbps transoceanic link provided
by IEEAF through a five year IRU donated by Tyco Telecom; the first,
the IEEAF TransAtlantic Link, connects New York and Groningen,
The Netherlands, and has been operational since 2002. IEEAF donations
currently span 17 time zones. For more information, visit: GLIF is a consortium of institutions, organizations, consortia
and country National Research Networks who voluntarily share optical
networking resources and expertise for the advancement of scientific
collaboration and discovery, under the leadership of SURFnet and
University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. For more information,
visit:
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