Jan 03, 2016
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SUNETSUNETThe Swedish National Research The Swedish National Research
and Education Networkand Education Network
Purpose:Purpose:
Provide universities with national and international connectivity of high class
Provide networking services
Key factors: Key factors:
Availability Capacity No bottleneck
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All universities and university collegesAll universities and university colleges (32) (32), , nationwidenationwide, connected, connected with 1 or 10 Gbit/s with 1 or 10 Gbit/s (redundant)(redundant)
Used by all personnel, such as:Used by all personnel, such as: Researchers Teachers Administrative personnel Technical personnel Students etc.
Central govt. museums (12) and art schools Central govt. museums (12) and art schools (17) connected with 100 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s(17) connected with 100 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s
External organizations (30+), such as External organizations (30+), such as research councils, with close relations to research councils, with close relations to universities and collegesuniversities and colleges
UsersUsers of Sunet of Sunet
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The Organisational structure of The Organisational structure of SUNETSUNET
SUNET is administered by the SUNET is administered by the Swedish Research CouncilSwedish Research Council
SUNET does not employ any SUNET does not employ any personnel personnel
SUNET buys services from SUNET buys services from universities and other organisations universities and other organisations
SUNET is managed by a Board with SUNET is managed by a Board with representatives from the representatives from the universitiesuniversities
The Board is assisted by a technical The Board is assisted by a technical reference groupreference group
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SUNET ORGANISATIONSUNET ORGANISATION
CTO
CEO
Board
NOC CERT Services
Admin.
Swedish national research Council
Hans Wallberg
Börje Josefsson
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Funding of SUNETFunding of SUNET
SUNET is partly funded by the SUNET is partly funded by the Ministry of Education, Research Ministry of Education, Research and Culture (4 MEuro/year)and Culture (4 MEuro/year)
The universities have to pay what The universities have to pay what the ministry doesn’t pay. the ministry doesn’t pay. That fee is distributed
according to the size of the university (~10 MEuro/year in total) Basic network and services Special connections paid separately
Other organizations have to pay a Other organizations have to pay a fee that is proportional to the fee that is proportional to the capacity of their connectioncapacity of their connection
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SUNET transmission capacitySUNET transmission capacity
1000
10 k
100 k
1 M
10 M
1 G
10 G
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
1200
9600
64 K
2 M
34 M
155 M
622 M
10 G
Hybrid
2 x traffic every year sin
ce 1980…
100 G
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The Mission of SUNETThe Mission of SUNET
The foundation for cooperationThe foundation for cooperation
Between Swedish universities Between Swedish researchers
and the researchers in the rest of the world
Necessary research infrastructureNecessary research infrastructure Necessary infrastructure for higher Necessary infrastructure for higher
educationeducation Enabling infrastructure for innovation Enabling infrastructure for innovation
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SUNET doesn’t employ SUNET doesn’t employ any personnelany personnel
A requirement from the universitiesA requirement from the universities Initially when the universities
had to start paying for SUNET Still a strong requirement
from the universities The universities don’t accept an The universities don’t accept an
organisation that exists and grows organisation that exists and grows “for its own sake”“for its own sake”
For SUNET it means:For SUNET it means: No personnel management Has to subcontract everything ...
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All Services are All Services are Subcontracted !Subcontracted !
My work as My work as managermanager and responsible for and responsible for coordination and development (CEO)coordination and development (CEO) Subcontracted to the university of Umeå
already in 1989 Successful (according to my own biased
judgement) The function as The function as technical coordinator technical coordinator (CTO)(CTO)
Subcontracted to the Technical University of Luleå
Very successful Board secretary, Board secretary, administrative functionsadministrative functions, etc, etc
Subcontracted to the Swedish Research Council
Perfect arrangement Cheap, efficient and formally correct
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International connectivity, International connectivity, etc.etc.
Subcontracted to NORDUnet A/S in DenmarkSubcontracted to NORDUnet A/S in Denmark International connectivity International representation on behalf of the
Nordic NREN’s Coordination of network research related
activities Network and eInfrastructure Services
A success story from the beginningA success story from the beginning Good Nordic Cooperation Synergies Efficient use of scarce resources Politically correct (within the Nordic
countries)
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OperationsOperations
Subcontracted to NUNOCSubcontracted to NUNOC NUNOC is the Operations organization established NUNOC is the Operations organization established
by NORDUnet. by NORDUnet. 24x7 Operates and supports Optical and IP
network infrastructures Provides other networking services
SUNET-IRT SUNET-DNS Domain name registration and IP number admin SUNET-news SUNET-distribution list service eduroam etc.
Very successfulVery successful Builds on experiences from
KTHNOC A commercial company (Telia for first level operations)
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Other servicesOther services
SUNET-CERTSUNET-CERT University of Uppsala
The SUNET Archive (The SUNET Archive (ftp.sunet.se)) University of Uppsala
SUNET e-Meeting ServiceSUNET e-Meeting Service Technical University of Luleå
Middleware developmentMiddleware development SWAMI - Swedish Alliance for Middleware
Infrastructure eduroam SUNET SCS Swedish University PKI – SWUPKI Identity federation General Model for Authorization Information
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ExperiencesExperiences
The start of new service can be slowThe start of new service can be slow Select service provider Make agreements Develop Deliver Requires a dedicated person
Management and coordinationManagement and coordination Formal reports No day to day contacts Innovation in existing services tend to be low
Terminate serviceTerminate service Easy and quick No formal responsibility for staff
Low costLow cost Competition Low overhead
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ConclusionConclusion
SUNET subcontracts everythingSUNET subcontracts everything
It works well in the Swedish university environment
We haven’t tested anything else
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Questions?