RedCLARA Research Network and Network of Researchers

Florencio I. Utreras Executive Director of CLARA [email protected]

Conference: APAN Conference Date: August 26, 2012 Place: Colombo, Sri Lanka Building RedCLARA’s Network LA Before ALICE

45 Mbps The ALICE2 Project

• € 12 Millions budget to be provided by the EC, thru EuropeAid • Co funding of € 6 Millions to be provided by the LA NRENs • December 2008 unl August 2012 + • Emphasis on – An upgraded long lasng infrastructure, – Sustainabilty, – MDG Oriented applicaons – Inclusion – Capacity building The Strategy to Build the Network

• To prefer terrestrial over submarine networks whenever that is possible. – They allow to create sinergies with the costrucon of high speed networks for the NRENs • When possible, purchase/obtain Dark Fibre to be able to change bandwidth at will. • To use sinergies with projects/private companies to build the terrestrial networks. • To prefer the purchase of IRUs over lease contracts. • Use negoated tender processes to obtain best value for money. Sinergy I: Buenos Aires- Sanago Sinergy with the AugerAcces Project

• To share Dark Fiber between a private company, a Cosmic Ray Observatory, RedCLARA and the Córdova Argennean NREN, InnovaRed Rosario • To connect the Auger Santiago Buenos Aires Observatory to InnovaRed Mendoza (Argenna) and RedCLARA • Has generated a 20x10 Gbps Malargüe opcal network for the use of the Project, InnovaRed and RedCLARA Sinergy II: Sanago-Lima Sinergy with the EVALSO Project

566Kms

333Kms

Larga Distancia: 1373Kms Tramo Local: 115Kms

474Kms Antofagasta-Lima

• The Antofagasta-Lima tender has convinced the Telecom Operators to provide RedCLARA (ALICE2 Funded) Wavelength Services • The academic project has generated a new service between Perú and Chile The Network in Numbers

• 6,000 Kms of Dark Fiber • DWDM Equipment to ligth up to 20 lambdas of 10 Gbps • 3,000 Kms of Wavelengths (2.5-10 Gbps) • Interconnental links with added capacity of 5.5 Gbps • Direct connecons to Europe and the US • 13 countries connected The Network Services

• The Network – Layer 2 Switched Network allows to create several IP topologies – 3 Roung Points: Brazil, Chile and Panama • Networking Services – Basic Best Effort IPv4 and IPv6 – On demand Layer 2 and Layer 3 circuits – Peering with all Internaonal RENs: GEANT2, Internet2, APAN, Canarie, etc. – Opcal lightpaths are a possible service along the Chile- Argenna-Brazil path; later on in Central America RedCLARA2 at the end of ALICE2

155 Mbps 622 Mbps 2488 Mbps 10096 Mbps How do we improve Interconnental Connecivity? Europe Link to Lan America Feasibility Study Why a New Cable?

•Today the cost of bandwidth between LA and EU is nearly ten mes higher then between NA and EU

– A Strategic Objecve • To have all the data communicaon channels to go through the North America – North Europe route is a global risk • Miami is single point of failure for LA

– A Commercial Opportunity • The lack of compeon can guarantee a rapid ROI and commercial advantages

– A Social Necessity • The close social and cultural links between Europe and LA make the need of strict interacon a necessity in a worldwide social environment Building A Direct Route

September 12, 2011

ELLA Kick-off 17 User Communies and Research Projects Linking Sciensts to Tackle Meaningfull Regional Problems

Carbon Monoxide dissemination by Large Cities in LA Linking high efficiency laboratories in Chile and Brazil for the development of human spermicidal.

www.cptec.inpe.br www.ufro.cl Enabling Access to European Facilies

ALMA

Cerro Paranal

La Silla Pierre Auger Observatory http://collabo.olihb.com/

Collaboraon The Map of Scienfic Select Key Areas To idenfy, build, consolidate, support and seek funding

Health Thematic Areas Materials Technology TIC (e- ISI scientific papers published Gobierno) by LA scientists between ICT (Grids, Digital Libraries) Renewable Energy 2000-2008 Food Water Review of S&T Offices Plans Ciencias Sociales Social Sciences The opinion of LA NRENs Biotechnology Astronomy Educaction CYTED Networks Natural Disasters Cultural Heritage (Archaelogy and The Madrid Plan (EU-LAC) Inmaterial Heritage)

22 A Regional Strategy for Networks of Researchers (Communities)

• With the support of mature scienfic communies (mx, br, we promote collaboraon – Themac Virtual Days – Events/Projects jointly funded – Users training programms • With the support of mature scienfic communies (co, cl) – Operaons and technical support – Joint task forces – User support for applicaons • Mature • (mx, br, co, cl) joint funding programms • Emerging • To collaborate with emerging countries • New (pa, cr, ec, ve cu)+(pe, ar, uy) comers – Fora/Workshops with key people in C&T – Training to technical personnel and end users – Development of a sustainability plan for investments

23 Services for Communies RedCLARA Portal One stop shop for collaboraon tools

Large File Transfer Integrated Web 2.0 Tools

26 Europe Lan America Collaborave e- Infrastructure for Research Acvies

ELCIRA Objecves

• To foster the creaon of federaons in LA for authencaon, authorisaon and identy (AAI) mechanisms and its integraon with Europe’s EduGAIN • To coordinate the development and deployment of collaboraon tools and services for research communies of Europe and Lan America by: – Seng the grounds for the development of a Europe-Lan America High Quality Video Conference Service integrated with EduCONF. – Create and promote a prototype collaboraon Portal for user communies of both connents, based on a Cloud Style version of RedCLARA’s Portal enriched with open source toosl developed in Europe. ELCIRA Objecves

• To foster the deployment of eduroam services in the Lan American countries. • To promote collaboraon of Lan American and European researchers through: informaon, disseminaon of funding opportunies, training and electronic collaboraon tools and other acvies. A Cloud for Collaboraon

Applications to be integrated into the NRENs Portals

• Applicaons to share between LA and EU Researchers • Interoperable Federaons of Identy • Transparent integraon of services: eduroam, webconference, large file transfer, communies management, etc. Global Science requires Global Collaboraon Tools

• Collaboraon is key to deploy, develop and maintain a global research e-Infrastructure that benefits science and innovaon globally • Collaboraon between all connents is necessary to provide researchers with a Global Environment for collaboraon • EC and other agencies support has been and will connue to be fundamental for the development of a world class research infrastructure in LA and Worldwide • Governments must maintain and in some cases strengthen their support to these infrastructures which are crucial to the development of Global Science in the XXIst Century hp://www.redclara.net hp://alice2.redclara.net