Linking U.S.-Russian Science, Education, Research & Development with High Performance Networking Natasha Bulashova, Friends & Partners Foundation Greg

Linking U.S.-Russian Science, Education, Research & Developmentwith High Performance Networking

Natasha Bulashova, Friends & Partners Foundation

Greg Cole, Joe Gipson

National Computational Science Alliance, UIUC

N S F H I G H P E R F O R M A N C E I N T E R N A T I O N A L I N T E R N E T S E R V I C E S P R O G R A M

Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future


MIRnet Network Topology

NAP in Chicago is represented with router and ATM switch connected to STAR TAP

NAP in Moscow is represented with router and ATM switch connected to Internet Exchange in M9 which is managed by Russian Institute of Public Networks.

NAP in Chicago is represented with router and ATM switch connected to STAR TAP

NAP in Moscow is represented with router and ATM switch connected to Internet Exchange in M9 which is managed by Russian Institute of Public Networks.

Intro

MIRnet at

Chicago

Moscow

M96 Mbps VBR-nrt

TransPACEuro-LinkANLvBNSNRENESNETNISNAbileneDRENSTARTAPRASCOMTeleglobedomestic

ATM

RASRBnetMSUnetFREEnetSINP



Russian Academy of Science

Intro


Russian Users

Intro

Moscow State Univ.In: 30.4%

Out: 24.8%

ChernagolovkaIn: 24.5%Out: 6.1%

1

2

MEPHIIn: 8.0%

Out: 2.3%3

Novgorod State Univ.In: 0.4%

Out: 0.2%

Yaroslavl’ Reg. Net.In: 0.7%

Out: 0.6%

Ural State UniversityIn: 2.7%

Out: 3.8%

RAS Ural Reg. Acad. Net.In: 1.4%

Out: 0.6%

Chelyabinsk FREEnetIn: 3.0%

Out: 0.6%

8

21

17

11

7

Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding FutureIntro

MIRnet routed institutions in Moscow


U.S. Users

Intro

• Traffic to U.S.– 93% educational

– 7% .gov/.mil

• Traffic from U.S.– 92% educational

– 8% .gov/.mil

QuickTime™ and aGraphics decompressorare needed to see this picture.

DOE (15,533)

NIH (4,606)

NASA (3,234)

NOAA (2,941)

MIL (956) Other (404)

QuickTime™ and aGraphics decompressorare needed to see this picture.

DOE (43,093)

NIH (29,038)

NASA (39,632)

NOAA (1,668)

MIL (8,993)USGS (2,886)

US Government agency use of MIRnet (megabytes transferred since July, 2000)


Russian Institution UsersInstitution Source Percent Destination Percent

Moscow State University 77,966 24.8% 298,249 30.4%Chernagolovka 19,178 6.1% 241,040 24.5%MEPHI 7,380 2.3% 78,194 8.0%MIRnet Multicast Service - 0.0% 52,818 5.4%Moscow Power Engineering Institute 1,966 0.6% 30,725 3.1%Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas 8,469 2.7% 30,217 3.1%Chelyabinsk FREEnet 1,990 0.6% 29,018 3.0%Ural State University (Ekaterinburg) 11,818 3.8% 26,363 2.7%State Public Scientific-Technical Library of Russia 461 0.1% 17,767 1.8%Russian Space Science Internet 4,521 1.4% 14,444 1.5%RAS Ural Regional Academic Network 1,733 0.6% 13,679 1.4%Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Biochemistry 3,232 1.0% 10,114 1.0%Plantetary Geophysics 200 0.1% 9,597 1.0%RAS Steklov Mathematical Institute 531 0.2% 9,021 0.9%Kurchatov Institute 7,480 2.4% 8,870 0.9%Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computers 486 0.2% 7,248 0.7%Yaroslavl Regional Network 1,951 0.6% 7,207 0.7%RAS Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics 669 0.2% 4,798 0.5%Semyenov Institute of Chemical Physics 1,901 0.6% 4,703 0.5%Zelinsky Instiute of Organic Chemistry 676 0.2% 4,497 0.5%Novgorod State University 496 0.2% 4,265 0.4%Nesmeyanov Institute of Elemental-Organic Compounds 636 0.2% 4,023 0.4%Other 160,548 51.1% 75,640 7.7%

Total 314,288 100.0% 982,497 100.0%

Impact

Megabytes transferred July 1 - October 14, 2000


US Institution Users

Impact

Institution Source Percent Destination Percent

NLANR 69,224 13.1% 5,540 4.3%University of Chicago 5,980 1.1% 5,208 4.1%Root Servers.net 11,109 2.1% 4,317 3.4%Penn State University 6,042 1.1% 3,701 2.9%University of Wisconsin 24,189 4.6% 3,279 2.6%STAR TAP 3,094 0.6% 3,091 2.4%Brown University 251 0.0% 2,927 2.3%Oak Ridge National Lab 1,170 0.2% 2,837 2.2%University of Illinois UC 13,131 2.5% 2,826 2.2%NOAA 1,248 0.2% 2,765 2.2%University of Tennessee 11,905 2.3% 2,738 2.1%Georgia Tech 28,450 5.4% 2,345 1.8%University of Southern California 449 0.1% 2,195 1.7%University of Texas 2,367 0.4% 2,078 1.6%MIT 28,648 5.4% 2,072 1.6%Ohio State University 1,754 0.3% 2,009 1.6%Georgetown University 143 0.0% 1,832 1.4%Argonne National Lab 8,659 1.6% 1,712 1.3%University of Michigan 5,400 1.0% 1,695 1.3%University of Virginia 683 0.1% 1,680 1.3%University of Kansas 4,197 0.8% 1,605 1.3%Rutgers University 1,019 0.2% 1,539 1.2%Other 297,532 56.5% 68,208 53.2%

Total 526,645 100% 128,200 100%

(megabytes transferred from June 1 - October 14, 2000)


International Traffic Flow to Russia

Intro

#1 U.S.

63% (508 G)

#7 Canada

3% (22 G)

#6 U.K.

3% (24G)

#5 Netherlands

3% (27G)

#3 France

4% (33G)

#12 China

0.4% (3G)

#13 Japan

0.3% (2.8G)

#2 Sweden

12% (99G)

#4 Finland

4% (31G)

Primary Country Providers of Traffic to Russia since July 1, 2000


Link Configuration

Engineering

Router CISCO7507

Chicago

Router CISCO7507

Chicago

Router CISCO7507

Moscow

Router CISCO7507

Moscow

PVC for regular applications (PVCr), 4 Mbp/s

PVC for multicast applications (PVCm)

PVC for special application (PVCs)


MIRnet challenges

• Current Russian management strictly controls access (no access in St. Petersburg or Novosibirsk, for example)

• Not peering with some key Russian networks of interest to US federal agencies (such as NASA, DOE, DOD)

• 6 Mbps link is over-subscribed


MIRnet: Immediate future

• Transition network/project management to original partners (Kurchatov Institute & F&P Foundation)

• Implement, with Teleglobe’s help, a trial MPLS service (2xDS3 Moscow-Amsterdam, 1xDS3 Amsterdam-Chicago)

• Move, with Teleglobe’s help, to new permanent MPLS service (OC3 Russia-Europe, 2xDS3 Europe-Chicago)

• Expand access within Russia immediately to St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk; expand peering arrangements (in Moscow) with Rbnet, FREEnet, Radio MGUnet, Russian Space Science Internet, RUNNet, MinAtom


MIRnet: Longer term

• Extension to other CIS countries • “Access” type facility in Moscow• Deploy Access Grid nodes across Russia• Expand U.S. federal agencies involved in using MIRnet• Complete MIRnet Access Scheduling System (MASS)

(pursuing development funding for this now)• Conference in 2001 on high performance networking

applications (Moscow) • “Northern Network”


Russian Science Academy Orders Reports on Foreign Contacts

MOSCOW, May 31, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) Russia's Academy of Sciences has ordered Russian scientists to report to state authorities on their contacts with foreign officials, according to a copy of the directive obtained by AFP Wednesday.

One directive orders the heads of laboratories and research groups throughout Russia to inform the academy's "foreign department" by June 1 of any agreements and international cooperation deals they may have entered into.

Science officials are required to inform the department of any visit by a foreigner to their laboratories and of any application for financial aid from foreign organizations. They are also to present a report after any scientific mission abroad, and to provide a copy to the authorities of any article sent abroad for publication.

A directive dated May 24 was headed "The Academy of Sciences action plan to avoid any harm to the Russian state in the sphere of economic and scientific cooperation."

It orders "specialist departments" and the heads of research institutes to "carry out an analysis of international agreements signed by scientific bodies in order to ... prevent the transmission abroad of information concerning national security."

It also calls for "strengthening controls on articles being prepared and the exchange of information with foreign countries" in order "not to permit the publication abroad of unauthorized information."

The directive moreover calls for "organizational and technical measures to ensure the security of limited-access information when (Russian) scientists link up with international computer networks, particularly the Internet."

((c) 2001 Agence France Presse)

Another challenge . .


Thank you Natasha

Intro

QuickTime™ and aPhoto - JPEG decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

• Originating member of Russian MIRnet team

• Worked with US staff for 7 years on several US-Russian networking projects

• Focus on developing domestic Russian infrastructure via CIVnet program

Natasha Bulashova, President, F&P


Thank you!

• NSF ANIR, Steve Goldstein

• Kurchatov Institute, Evgeny Velikhov

• Teleglobe

• University of Tennessee (Homer Fisher)

• UIUC/NCSA

• STARTAP

Documents

Linking U.S.-Russian Science, Education, Research & Development with High Performance Networking Natasha Bulashova, Friends & Partners Foundation Greg