FEAST
The TERENA Compendium of NRENs& Data Collection from
African NRENs & NRENs in Construction
Ubuntunet Connect 2008Lilongwe, MalawiTuesday 11 November
John DYER
TERENA
Why?
› To collect baseline information
› Understand what is in place, what is not, advantages, problems to be solved
› Make a road map of what needs to be done
› To Benchmark Progress on an Annual basis
› Why TERENA ?
What is TERENA?
› TRANS-EUROPEAN RESEARCH & EDUCATION NETWORKING ASSOCIATION
› Collaborative Organisation › Driven by membership› Task Forces› Projects
› GN2 – Compendium› Developing NRENs
› Workshops› International Conference
› TERENA does not operate a network› GÉANT2 - DANTE
GÉANT2
operated by DANTE on behalf of Europe’s NRENs
The TERENA Compendium
› Annual Survey 2001-2008 (eight years so far . . . .)› Contribution from European Commission FP6› Comprehensive Benchmarking of NRENs› Expanding and Collaborating with other regions
› http://www.terena.org/activities/compendium/
2008 Compendium Coverage
Compendium Scope
› BASIC Information› administrative, ownership, governance
› USERS and CLIENTS› Institutions and users connected
› NETWORK CONNECTIVITY› Network size, speeds, technologies, pops etc
› TRAFFIC› Utilization, external, IPv6, QoS
› SERVICES› AAI, Storage hosting, Grids, PERT, support, PR
› FUNDING and STAFFING› Sources, budgets, allocation
Core Network Size 2004 v 2008
› Scale is LOG› Increase by about an order of magnitude on
average
NREN Budgets 2004 v 2008
› With a few exceptions, budgets are stable› Major upgrades cause peaks› But bandwidth increased by an order of
magnitude in the same period
NREN Traffic Growth
Growth of Cross-border Dark Fibre2007 - 2008
Percentage of Schools Served
› Varies enormously
› Prevented by law in some countries
› Encouraged and funded by government in others
Compendium demonstrates
› Digital Divide› Highly dependent on market competition
› Funding Models› Central funding, user funding, hybrid
› NREN approaches to Quality of Service› Traffic Engineering v Over provisioning
› Growth of Cross Border Fibre Trend› Procurement & Management from centre v local
› How NRENs keep pace with demand› Low utilization rates and headroom
› etcetera, etcetera . . . .
African Participation in TERENA Compendium
› 2008 - Uganda (RENU)
› 2007 - Mozambique (MoRENet)
› 2006 - Uganda (RENU)
› ALL AFRICAN NATIONS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE in the TERENA COMPENDIUM
› Next Edition Questionnaire will be launched April 2009 ONLINE data collection
› Contact: John DYER of TERENA: [email protected]
The FEAST survey
› Based upon the TERENA Compendium Questionnaire (2001-2008)
› European Commission supported GÉANT2 NA4 Activity - assistance to the development of research and education networking in less-advanced regions (2004-2009)
› Work undertaken for the TERENA Regulatory Workshop (2008)
Questionnaire Structure
FOR ALL EXISTING NRENS or NRENs in-construction
› 1: NREN Basic information and legal form › 2: Existing or Proposed Customer Base and "Market Share" › 3: Network Capacity › 4: Network Traffic › 5: Staffing › 6. Funding › 7: Current/Planned, Technologies, Services, Research› 8: Regulation & Local Telecommunications / Internet Market › 9: Additional Information
The FEAST Questionnaire
› There are many questions (SORRY!)
› We will help you if things seem unclear› Email: [email protected]
› Please answer all you can
Section 1
BasicInformation
Section 2
Section 4
NetworkTraffic
Section 6
Funding/Proposed Funding
DNS
Section 8
Telecoms Regulation
LocalTelecomsMarket
Summary
› Please try to answer as many FEAST survey questions as possible.
› Send in even if not complete› Also relevant documents
› Topology Maps, Current / Planned› Descriptions of NREN, Client, Services, Governance
› We are here to assist, please ask for help› [email protected]› Telephone
› THANK YOU
