Network sub-wg phoneconf
Agenda for today:
- working web site (CERN wiki ? Google Docs ?)
- structure the work (collects pointers to sources , select relevant information)
- start thinking about the content for the presentation in March (HEPiX in San Diego)
Paricipants:
Edoardo Martelli
Laurent Duflot (coordinating LHC in France)
Rolf Seuster (technical manager of HEPNET Canada)
Harvey Newman
Introduction of participants
web site:
CERN twiki preferred can contain links to e.g. Google Docs.
Mandate
what is the 'mission' ?
Helge gave us freedom
follow technology trends
-> give possible projections, include others
-> try to estimate implications ('educated guess')
what about 'overlap' with other groups, storage
Worry: Campuses: 100G and then what ?
Slow down of technology
PTC pacific telecom conference for prices ? telegeography (website)
Cicso paper predicting traffic
commercial / research network growth quite different
research network, new contendors (SKA, LSST, etc)
often wishful thinking
current status of traffic, hardware, router, switches
SDN/NFV
deep packet inspection at 100G affordable (might become widespread)
monitoring, steering traffic via SDN
NICs, slow to reach 400Gpbs (Mellanox 200G)
FPGA on NIC
Silicon Photonics (will it and when does it take off)
white boxes (operating system)
NAT cannot be done by TOR switches
security / firewalls
digital certificates
HSF community paper
have a look what they wrote about network
Talk at H.O.W. / HEPiX
Helge/Bernd still in charge of this group
(do they have plenary meetings every once in a while)
Action items
Edoardo: setup wiki
Next call:
propose Thursday 17(CET) 16(GMT) 14th (21st) of Feb.