Campus DMZ - Enabling data-intensive science over the WAN

Over the next two years, Compute Canada will be deploying new advanced research computing (ARC) resources consisting of multi-petabytes storage systems and well over 100,000 compute cores. These resources, located across four... [ view full abstract ]

Over the next two years, Compute Canada will be deploying new advanced research computing (ARC) resources consisting of multi-petabytes storage systems and well over 100,000 compute cores. These resources, located across four sites in Canada, will be used by Canadian researchers from any region in the country.
These Compute Canada sites will be providing a Science DMZ network architecture, enabling 100 Gbps connectivity to the CANARIE IP network, thus facilitating data intensive science to make use of the new resources. The design and installation of this network is done in collaboration with the local Regional Area Networks and CANARIE.
Although this high-speed network is made available on the Compute Canada infrastructure, it remains an important challenge, for any researcher, to make effective use of wide area networks for large data transfers: The data path goes through multiple domains, from the research LAN, campus core, firewall, and other devices before reaching the high-speed R&E networks.
Fortunately, solutions have been well documented. This talk will present how a university campus can put into operation a Campus DMZ network architecture, as defined by ESnet (Energy and Science Network), and deliver high-speed access the Compute Canada ARC platform to its researchers.