What is CANARIE? CANARIE runs Canada s only national high-bandwidth network for research & education Connects one million users at 1,100 institutions 19,000 km of fibre and 100 Gbps capability International connections to 100 countries and over 100 peer networks CANARIE works with provincial partners to: Connect every Canadian university 62 hospitals and health networks Canada s big science facilities like TRIUMF, NEPTUNE, CLS, SNOLAB All the Networks of Centres of Excellence 103 colleges, 49 CGEPs, thousands of high schools Primary investment is from Government of Canada $470M from 1993 to 2012 2
User fees 40% Federal 40% Provincial 20% Sources of Funding: Canada s R&E Network 3
The Big Picture Delivers on national digital economy strategy National Research and Education Network Orchestrates national conversation Supports international relations and reputation
Economic Basis for NRENs CANARIE addresses a market gap Private sector will not step in, as there is no profitable business case given the significantly different characteristics of R&E networks Private sector carriers are supportive of CANARIE as a public good to advance research CANARIE purchases leading edge technology from the private sector, but does not compete with industry CANARIE aggregates demand By collecting all demand across the Canada s research environment we create economies of scale and scope to leverage and deliver a cost-efficient digital infrastructure resource CANARIE facilitates regional parity Equality of network across Canada enables all regions to access research services everywhere and complements successful federal-provincial collaboration
NRENs Around the World TERENA Compendium of National Research and Education Networks In Europe /Basic information ARCTIC OCEAN NREN STATUS Working Initiative Planned No NREN or not known Canada Kazakhstan Uzbekistan United States Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Iran Tajikistan Qatar Cuba Honduras Caribbean Guatemala Panama El Salvador Venezuela Costa Rica Colombia Sudan Senegal Taiwan Bangladesh Thailand Republic of Congo Uganda Rwanda Kenya Tanzania Brazil Somalia OCEAN Philippines Sri Lanka Malaysia Indonesia Singapore Malawi Papua New Guinea Zambia Bolivia Mozambique Paraguay Chile Vietnam PACIFIC Cambodia Ethiopia Ghana Ecuador Peru Laos India United Arab Emirates Japan Bhutan Nepal Pakistan Mexico Korea, South China Afghanistan Uruguay Argentina Australia South Africa ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN New Zealand
Projected Research Traffic Growth Annual Traffic (TB) 500,000 330,000 Actual research traffic growth from 2007-2010 was 284%. Annual research traffic is forecasted to continue to grow at 50% per year. Current Capacity 6,192 6,717 12,692 19,032 28,833 45,000 65,000 95,000 145,000 220,000 This calls for a tenfold increase in network bandwidth during the mandate period. The current network capacity will be exceeded by mid-2012. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Source: CANARIE internal 7
Three elements of CANARIE s mandate renewal The Network To foster tomorrow s scientific research Technology Innovation To improve access to research data and tools DAIR Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research To develop industry and technology capability and foster a growing, competitive, knowledge-based economy
1. The Network
2. Harmonizing digital infrastructure Working in collaboration to developing a compelling vision for integrated digital infrastructure that supports Canada s scientists and researchers. What resourcing and governance is required? What other players need to be involved? Team developing position paper World Leading Digital Infrastructure
2. Harmonizing researcher access to digital resources Proposal for CANARIE s next mandate: Develop a generic researcher desktop tool Result: accelerated research outcomes
3. Digital testbed Macro Wireless Wi-Fi, Wire line Access Wi-Fi, Wire line Access University ORANs & Federal GigaPOP University Compute Node ualberta Compute Node usherbrooke Small/ Medium Enterprise Internet Small/ Medium Enterprise
What does CANARIE do next? Expand the horizons of Canadian scientists and researchers, grow their access to Big Science projects, and increase and international collaboration Federal investments of $3.7B annually in research would be more effective via the network effect Ability to attract and retain top talent to Canada Overall cost of network services be centralized thereby lowering costs Growth of leading-edge networked research enhances improvements in the health, social, and economic well-being of Canadians Canada s private sector would gain access to a key test bed to stimulate ICT innovation in Canada 13 13
Shared Service Provider What can CANARIE do to lower costs on campus? University IT organiza@ons are like snowflakes The only technology they really share is the the network Varying degrees of centraliza@on/ decentraliza@on Different mandates (opera@ons, customer service, innova@on, etc.) Different funding models (na@onal, provincial, local) Variable emphasis (admin, teaching, research)
Research growth Four drivers of core network demand Humani@es and social sciences Medical and health sciences Tradi@onal sciences and engineering Data management Discovering compu@ng Graphics, video, etc. 3D imaging Real @me diagnos@cs Exponen@al data volume growth Backup, restore Archive, protect
Research computing growth Broadened demand for research compu@ng Why run HPC compu@ng on campus? If 80% of research compu@ng is non- HPC In both environments, the network makes it happen Ra@onalize HPC from 27 to 2 data centres The cloud is not in Canada Protec@on of Privacy, na@onal compe@@veness issues Build Canadian cloud services
Grow Canadian Access Federation EduRoam Na@onal interest in CAF Core func@ons Leverage Shibboleth Expand to full community, not simply Universi@es Passive EduRoam Shibbolized NEP projects
Canada, the world s data centre How do we a`ract commercializa@on to Canada? Manufacturing is declining What is unique about Canada? Vast renewable hydro- electric power Cooling is cheaper the farther north you go GreenStar network innova@ons via follow the wind, follow the sun CANARIE backbone
In summary, CANARIE will: Renew Operate Innovate Collaborate Diversify Improve