Vladimir Sahakyan - The National Research and Education Network. Problems and Solutions - ArmIGF...

The National Research and

Education Network.

Problems and Solutions

ArmIGF 20158 September, 2015, Yerevan

Vladimir SahakyanDirector of the Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

Presentation Overview

• Basic Data

• International Collaboration & Projects

• Computational Facilities

• Services

• Challenges & Opportunities

• The Academic Scientific Research Computer Network ofArmenia (ASNET-AM) is the National Research andEducation Network (NREN) of Armenia.

• Created in 1994 - over 20 years of experience inNetworking & IT

• Provides various networking solutions to the Academic,Scientific, Research, Educational, Cultural and otherorganizations of Armenia, which are engaged in scientificand educational activity.

• The structure and policy of operation was developed andimplemented by the Institute for Informatics andAutomation Problems of the National Academy ofSciences of the Republic of Armenia (IIAP NAS RA).

ASNET-AM

• ASNET-AM functions as a joint structure of severalnetworking centers and departments within the IIAPNAS RA.

• ASNET-AM – leading developer of Clusteringtechnologies and Scientific GRID infrastructure inArmenia and South Caucasus Region.

• Projects: ArmCluster, SEE-GRID-SCI, HP-SEE, Black Sea Interconnection, EGIInSPIRE, GN3plus, etc.

• ASNET-AM – supports of Armenia-GÉANT Link

ASNET-AM

More than 60 organizations are members of ASNET-AM:

• National Academy of Sciences of RA

(Presidium and 36 Research Institutions and Centers)

• Yerevan Physics Institute

• Yerevan State University

• State Engineering University of Armenia - "Polytechnic"

• Artsakh State University

• Armenian State Pedagogical University

• Yerevan State Medical University

• Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture

• National Library of Armenia

• State Committee of Science MES RA

• Supreme Certifying Commission of MES RA

• Armenian State Hydrometerological and Monitoring Service

MES RA

• Environmental Effect Monitoring Center MNP RA

• …

Member Organizations

Topology


• Basic Data



• Services


Collaboration: Membership

• GÉANT Association has been formed by re-organising

TERENA and DANTE under a unified governance structure.

• EGI.eu is a not-for-profit foundation to coordinate and

manage the European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) federation

on behalf of its participants: NGIs and European

International Research Organizations.

• CEENET (Central and Eastern European Network) is a

private association of Connecticut professionals interested

in fostering stronger ties between Connecticut and Central

and Eastern Europe.

• ISOC AM (Internet Society) is a non-for-profit NGO of the

Local Internet Community in Armenia.

• Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East and

parts of Central Asia

GÉANT is the pan-European research and education network that interconnects

Europe’s National Research and Education Networks (NRENs).

Collaboration: Projects

Networking Layer

• European Commission Horizon2020 Programme,

GEANT2020 (GÉANT Research and Education

Networking) /2015-2020/

• European Commission 7th Framework Programme,

GN3+ (Multi-gigabit european research and

education network and associated services) /2013-

2015/

• European Commission 7th Framework Programme,

CEENGINE (Central and Eastern European

Networking Engine) /WP4 expert/


Networking Layer

• European Commission Directorate-General for Neighbourhood

and Enlargements Negotiations, EaPConnect (Eastern Partnership

Connect) /2015-2020/

AZRENA

URAN

BASNET

RENAM

GRENA

10Gbps- CBFBelarus - Poland

10Gbps- CBFBelarus - Ukraine

10Gbps- CBFUkraine - Moldova

10Gbps- CBFMoldova - Ukraine

10G

bps

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r GEA

NT

10Gbps – CBF

Ukraine - Poland

10Gbps – CBF

Ukraine – Moldova -

Romaina

Kiev1Gbps

ASNET-AM1Gbps

1Gbps1Gbps

1Gbps

GEANT

Poznan

Tbilisi

10Gbps

10Gbps

1Gbps

Bucharest

1Gbps1Gbps

1Gbps

Communicational Layer


• European Commission Horizon2020 Programme, VI-SEEM (VRE

for regional Interdisciplinary communities in Southeast Europe and

the Eastern Mediterranean) /2015-2018/

• Black Sea Economic Cooperation, Experimental Deployment of an

Integrated Grid and Cloud Enabled Environment in BSEC Countries on the

Base of g-Eclipse

• Swiss National Science Foundation (SCOPES), Deploying ARmenian

distributed Processing capacities for Environmental GEOspatial data

/2011-2013/

• European Commission 7th Framework Programme, EGI-InSPIRE

(Integrated Sustainable Pan-European Infrastructure for Researchers in

Europe)

• European Commission 7th Framework Programme, High-Performance

Computing Infrastructure for South East Europe’s Research Communities


• Basic Data



• Services


Computing Resources


• Basic Data



• Services


Services• NETWORK CONNECTIVITY (Fiber-optic,Copper,Wireless,VPN)

• IP CONNECTIVITY (IPv4/IPv6) & ROUTING (OSPF,BGP)

• PROXY

• CLOUD STORAGE

• E-MAIL

• WEB HOSTING

• SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS ACCESS

• 3G

• ARCHIVE BACKUP

• NETWORK MONITORING

• MAILINFORMER / WEBSMS / MAIL2SMS

• VPN

• DNS

• ARMCLUSTER/ARMGRID ACCESS

• MULTIMEDIA STREAMING

• TELECONFERENCING

• VoIP

• FEDERATED IDENTITY (AFIRE)

• eLEARNING

Services: Eduroam

• EduRoam is a federated authentication trustframework for wireless networks, which allows rovingresearchers to login with their standard user nameand password

Services: Eduroam

www.eduroam.am

Services: Edugain

Services: Cloud VMs

The service providing VMs to the user communities isbased on the OpenStack middleware, which controlslarge pools of compute, storage, and networkingresources throughout OpenStack API.

Services: Cloud Storage

There are a lot of files and you need to store them on a secure server to prevent data loose!!!

The cloud storage is the best solution...........

Services: eLearning

Scalable – Elearning enables us to quickly create and communicate new policies, training, ideas, and concepts.

Time and Money Savings

Immediate Results and Feedback

Flexible – Using elearning, you can give employees and students the freedom to learn at their own convenience

Services: Computing

Satellite Image Processing

① An Interoperable Cloud-based Scientific Gateway for NDVITime Series Analysis, Elsevier Computer Standards &Interfaces, 2015, 31(40), pp. 79–84, doi:10.1016/j.csi.2015.02.001.

② An Interoperable Web Portal for Parallel Geoprocessing ofSatellite Image Indices, Springer Earth ScienceInformatics, 13 June 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s12145-014-0165-3.

Services: Computing

Weather ForecastingThe ultimate goal is to develop an early

warning system for the south andsoutheast regions of Armenia (11 in total)by defining specific thresholds for issuingalerts for adverse and severe weatherphenomena (high temperature, wind andprecipitation weather elements).

①WRF-ARW Model for the Prediction of High Temperatures in South andSouth East Regions of Armenia, In IEEE eScience, Munich, Germany,2015.


• Basic Data



• Services


Challenges and Opportunities

Problems

• Unreliable and low bandwidth fiber-optic lines in Yerevan and outside

• Unreliable and non powerful servers and network devices

• Difficulties on the replacement of equipment in connection with the increase in traffic

• External security (hacking attacks, the abduction and destruction of data)

• Internal security (viruses, certificates)• Failure Recovery• AC power failures

Solutions:

• Minimization of traffic between nodes through optimal allocation of network servers and creation of alternative paths

• Virtualization of servers and communication devices

• Creation of the Administrators group, similar to CSIRT

• Fast recovery of images from storages on virtual machines

• Applying of a powerful AC power generator, energy-saving equipment

Challenges and Opportunities

ASNET-AMhttp://www.asnet.am

Thank you!

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