At SC07, Internet2, GÉANT2, and ESnet demonstrated the Phoebus performance framework, which allows applications to seamlessly set up dynamic
lightpaths regardless of the user’s edge network access method. In doing so, Phoebus provides a bridge to enable a broader segment of users to take advantage
of the performance and reliability of optical circuit networks, such as the Internet2 Dynamic Circuit Network, ESnet Science Data Network, and the GÉANT2 pan-European
research network.
Internet2, GÉANT2, and ESnet, with collaborators from GRNET, HEAnet, and PIONIER, set up a 1Gbps dynamic circuit using standard video transfer and file transfer
applications. The applications were initiated from the Internet2 SC07 booth and leveraged the Phoebus framework to access, and then dynamically set up, a separate
point-to-point circuit between Reno, Nevada, across the Internet2 DC network and the ESnet network, to the GÉANT2 network in Europe and then to the GRNET, HEAnet
and PIONIER networks respectively. Prior to the demonstration, the applications were expected to transfer approximately 7GBs of data, the amount of data stored on
a standard movie DVD, in one minute.
URL:
http://events.internet2.edu/2007/sc07/
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/phoebus.html
Collaborators:
UK:
University of Edinburgh’s Management School
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
Lancaster University Management School
USA:
Internet2
ESnet
University of Delaware
Europe:
GÉANT2
HEAnet in Ireland
PIONIER in Poland
GRNET in Greece
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