North Carolina Research and Education

Network

StateNets at Tempe ArizonaFebruary, 2004

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MCNC Grid Computing and Networking Services

North Carolina networks include NCREN, the North Carolina State Government ITS network (community colleges and many public schools), Internet2, Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), and City and County Governments.

What is NCREN?Three Primary Services

• Private data network—Connects UNC system institutions, Duke, & Wake via “platinum” quality WAN.

• Video network—Enables high quality interactive distance learning and face-to-face conferences among more than 50 university, medical school and research organization sites.

• Internet connections—Provides Internet and National Research Network (like Internet2 and National Lambda Rail) access, primarily on an allocated cost basis, to the 16 UNC campuses as well as other institutions of higher learning, nonprofits, and the State ITS network.

Governance

• 15 member Board of Directors, about 2/3 of which are university CIO’s and includes CIO for State of North Carolina

• Advisory Committees to address challenges and make recommendations to management and to UNC Office of the President(UNC-OP)

• MCNC GCNS Leadership works very closely with UNC-OP on strategic and tactical matters

NCREN Organization ChartJanuary 2004

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NCREN Revenue Sources(Projected Fiscal ’05)

$11.08M Total• $7.67M—UNC-OP (mostly funded by General

Assembly).• $1.84M—Public education Internet billings

(pass-thru).• $1.20M—Non-public education Internet billings

(NC ITS, RTI, WinstonNet, NISS, ERC, etc.)• $0.37M—Various contracts (video, etc.)—Not

necessarily recurring.

NCREN Expenses(Projected Fiscal ’05)

$11.1M Total• $1.8M—Personnel• $6.0M—Circuit Costs• $1.2M—Equipment• $0.9M—Maintenance & Other

Direct Costs• $1.2M—Occupancy, G&A, etc.

NCREN and NCNI Integration

Integrating NCNI:Marrying research with production…

• Stimulate discovery of advanced networking solutions with focused resources

• Leverage best new solutions into production networking as soon as it makes sense

• Sharing networking operations expertise to optimize efficiency and learning curves

• Utilize MCNC/NCNI CORE assets (equipment, optical fibers, knowledge) across entire NCREN community

The Statewide GRID…and NCREN is the Platform

Internet

AbileneInternet

Research Triangle

WinstonNet

Greensboro

Charlotte

WinstonNetAccess Router

Winston-SalemRTP

UNC-C

ASU

UNC-A

WCU

UNC-G

ECU

ECSU

UNC-W

FSU

UNC-P

NCAT

UNC TV

Duke

NCSUCentennial

UNC-CH

UNC GA

MCNCNCCU

NCSU

WSSU

NCSAWFU

WFU-SM

WSSU - EduGridWake Forest-I2NCSA - Film Lib. NC A&T

Engineering Grid

SW Support - EastChemistry, vis.Origin

Computer Science Grid

UNC-TVDigital Asset Management

R1 Clusters, P690, Origin, Abilene, etc.

ERC HPC Center

Opto-electronicsSoftware design

Questions?

Thank You!