Experiences of Experiences of SUNETSUNET

Hans Wallberg

Hans.Wallberg@sunet.se

Subcontracting Services

February 3 2009 - #2

SUNETSUNETThe Swedish National Research The Swedish National Research

and Education Networkand Education Network

Purpose:Purpose:

Provide universities with national and international connectivity of high class

Provide networking services

Key factors: Key factors:

Availability Capacity No bottleneck

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All universities and university collegesAll universities and university colleges (32) (32), , nationwidenationwide, connected, connected with 1 or 10 Gbit/s with 1 or 10 Gbit/s (redundant)(redundant)

Used by all personnel, such as:Used by all personnel, such as: Researchers Teachers Administrative personnel Technical personnel Students etc.

Central govt. museums (12) and art schools Central govt. museums (12) and art schools (17) connected with 100 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s(17) connected with 100 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s

External organizations (30+), such as External organizations (30+), such as research councils, with close relations to research councils, with close relations to universities and collegesuniversities and colleges

UsersUsers of Sunet of Sunet

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The Organisational structure of The Organisational structure of SUNETSUNET

SUNET is administered by the SUNET is administered by the Swedish Research CouncilSwedish Research Council

SUNET does not employ any SUNET does not employ any personnel personnel

SUNET buys services from SUNET buys services from universities and other organisations universities and other organisations

SUNET is managed by a Board with SUNET is managed by a Board with representatives from the representatives from the universitiesuniversities

The Board is assisted by a technical The Board is assisted by a technical reference groupreference group

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SUNET ORGANISATIONSUNET ORGANISATION

CTO

CEO

Board

NOC CERT Services

Admin.

Swedish national research Council

Hans Wallberg

Börje Josefsson

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Funding of SUNETFunding of SUNET

SUNET is partly funded by the SUNET is partly funded by the Ministry of Education, Research Ministry of Education, Research and Culture (4 MEuro/year)and Culture (4 MEuro/year)

The universities have to pay what The universities have to pay what the ministry doesn’t pay. the ministry doesn’t pay. That fee is distributed

according to the size of the university (~10 MEuro/year in total) Basic network and services Special connections paid separately

Other organizations have to pay a Other organizations have to pay a fee that is proportional to the fee that is proportional to the capacity of their connectioncapacity of their connection

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SUNET transmission capacitySUNET transmission capacity

1000

10 k

100 k

1 M

10 M

1 G

10 G

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

1200

9600

64 K

2 M

34 M

155 M

622 M

10 G

Hybrid

2 x traffic every year sin

ce 1980…

100 G

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The Mission of SUNETThe Mission of SUNET

The foundation for cooperationThe foundation for cooperation

Between Swedish universities Between Swedish researchers

and the researchers in the rest of the world

Necessary research infrastructureNecessary research infrastructure Necessary infrastructure for higher Necessary infrastructure for higher

educationeducation Enabling infrastructure for innovation Enabling infrastructure for innovation

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SUNET doesn’t employ SUNET doesn’t employ any personnelany personnel

A requirement from the universitiesA requirement from the universities Initially when the universities

had to start paying for SUNET Still a strong requirement

from the universities The universities don’t accept an The universities don’t accept an

organisation that exists and grows organisation that exists and grows “for its own sake”“for its own sake”

For SUNET it means:For SUNET it means: No personnel management Has to subcontract everything ...

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All Services are All Services are Subcontracted !Subcontracted !

My work as My work as managermanager and responsible for and responsible for coordination and development (CEO)coordination and development (CEO) Subcontracted to the university of Umeå

already in 1989 Successful (according to my own biased

judgement) The function as The function as technical coordinator technical coordinator (CTO)(CTO)

Subcontracted to the Technical University of Luleå

Very successful Board secretary, Board secretary, administrative functionsadministrative functions, etc, etc

Subcontracted to the Swedish Research Council

Perfect arrangement Cheap, efficient and formally correct

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International connectivity, International connectivity, etc.etc.

Subcontracted to NORDUnet A/S in DenmarkSubcontracted to NORDUnet A/S in Denmark International connectivity International representation on behalf of the

Nordic NREN’s Coordination of network research related

activities Network and eInfrastructure Services

A success story from the beginningA success story from the beginning Good Nordic Cooperation Synergies Efficient use of scarce resources Politically correct (within the Nordic

countries)

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OperationsOperations

Subcontracted to NUNOCSubcontracted to NUNOC NUNOC is the Operations organization established NUNOC is the Operations organization established

by NORDUnet. by NORDUnet. 24x7 Operates and supports Optical and IP

network infrastructures Provides other networking services

SUNET-IRT SUNET-DNS Domain name registration and IP number admin SUNET-news SUNET-distribution list service eduroam etc.

Very successfulVery successful Builds on experiences from

KTHNOC A commercial company (Telia for first level operations)

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Other servicesOther services

SUNET-CERTSUNET-CERT University of Uppsala

The SUNET Archive (The SUNET Archive (ftp.sunet.se)) University of Uppsala

SUNET e-Meeting ServiceSUNET e-Meeting Service Technical University of Luleå

Middleware developmentMiddleware development SWAMI - Swedish Alliance for Middleware

Infrastructure eduroam SUNET SCS Swedish University PKI – SWUPKI Identity federation General Model for Authorization Information

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ExperiencesExperiences

The start of new service can be slowThe start of new service can be slow Select service provider Make agreements Develop Deliver Requires a dedicated person

Management and coordinationManagement and coordination Formal reports No day to day contacts Innovation in existing services tend to be low

Terminate serviceTerminate service Easy and quick No formal responsibility for staff

Low costLow cost Competition Low overhead

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ConclusionConclusion

SUNET subcontracts everythingSUNET subcontracts everything

It works well in the Swedish university environment

We haven’t tested anything else

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Questions?