National Laboratory for Applied Networking Research (NLANR):Distributed Applications Support Team (DAST)

应用网络研究国家实验室（NLANR）：分布式应用支持团队（DAST）

• 批准号: 9725292
• 负责人: John Towns
• 金额: $ 76.48万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-11-01 至 2001-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9725292&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: National; Laboratory; Applied; Networking; Research

ABSTRACT: NCR9725292 National Laboratory for Applied Networking Research (NLANR): Distributed Applications Support Team (DAST) In 1995, NSF awarded a cooperative agreement for a National Laboratory for Applied Networking Research (NLANR) providing for engineering, technical support and coordination of the vBNS connections at the supercomputing centers. The purposes of this NLANR team activity were (i) to provide sufficient testing, utilization and measurement of the NSFvBNS to insure that its overall performance was at acceptable levels, (ii) to facilitate the experiments to be performed on the NSFvBNS, and (iii) to provide for the coordination of support activities among the centers. It also provided limited engineering and technical support for general use of the NSFvBNS and provided for the coordination of such activities and facilitated the development at the supercomputing centers of a skilled and distributed network engineering team with a thorough knowledge of the NSFvBNS and its performance capabilities and use for high performance applications. The recently initiated expansion of the NSFvBNS to encourage its use as a "leading edge but stable" platform to enable the development and use of high performance applications by the broader academic research community requires that the original NLANR activities be significantly expanded to encompass support for new users, sites and applications as well as continued measurement and testing of an expanded network. The need for this expansion has defined the NLANR activity into separate awards for three functional areas: the NLANR: Distributed Applications Support Team (DAST), located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne, aimed at assisting the end users of high-performance applications in maximizing the performance of their applications; the NLANR: National Center for Network Engineering (NCNE), located at Carnegie-Mellon University, aimed at assisting high performance connections campuses in optimizing their network engineeri ng and connectivity; and the NLANR: Measurement and Operational Analysis Team (MOAT), located at the University of California, San, Diego, aimed at measuring and optimizing performance and use of the NSFvBNS and interconnected networks. The three efforts will continue to be be closely coodinated with each other and with the NSFvBNS. The agreement provides for the NLANR: Distributed Applications Support Team (DAST) which builds on the NLANR activity and brings to bear NCSA's experience in supporting users of both high performance networks (through NLANR, IWAY, BLANCA, etc.) and complex computing environments (through the NCSA user support structure that serves several thousand users). DAST will place network and software engineers in direct contact with users, develop training materials and the host workshops to facilitate the transfer of expertise in supporting applications to the High Performance Connections end users and user service organizations at their institutions. DAST establishes a central help desk for High Performance Connection award site users with high performance applications to coordinate the routing and resolution of problems related to the vBNS and other networks associated with the High Performance Connections program.

摘要：NCR9725292国家应用网络研究实验室（NLANR）：1995年的分布式应用程序支持团队（DAST），NSF授予了国家应用网络研究实验室（NLANR）的合作协议，以提供工程，技术支持和VBNS连接的工程，技术支持和协调。该NLANR团队活动的目的是（i）提供对NSFVBN的足够测试，利用和测量，以确保其整体性能在可接受的水平上，（ii）以促进在NSFVBNS和（III）上进行的实验，以提供中心支持活动的协调。它还为NSFVBN的一般使用提供了有限的工程和技术支持，并提供了此类活动的协调，并促进了在熟练和分布式网络工程团队的超级计算中心的开发中，并对NSFVBNS及其及其绩效功能以及用于高性能应用的性能和使用。 NSFVBN最近启动的扩展是鼓励其用作“领先但稳定”平台的使用，以使更广泛的学术研究社区能够开发和使用高性能应用程序，要求将原始的NLANR活动显着扩展，以包括对新用户，站点和应用程序的支持，以及继续扩展的网络的测量和测试。对这一扩展的需求已将NLANR活动定义为三个功能领域的单独奖项：NLANR：分布式应用支持团队（DAST），位于伊利诺伊大学Urbana-Champaigne大学，旨在协助高表现应用的最终用户，以最大程度地提高其应用程序的表现； NLANR：位于卡内基 - 梅隆大学的国家网络工程中心（NCNE），旨在协助高性能连接校园优化其网络工程和连接性；以及位于加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校的NLANR：测量和运营分析团队（MOAT），旨在衡量和优化NSFVBN和互连网络的性能和使用。这三项努力将继续与彼此和NSFVBN进行紧密相关。 该协议规定了NLANR：分布式应用程序支持团队（DAST），该团队（DAST）建立在NLANR活动的基础上，并带来NCSA在支持高性能网络的用户（通过NLANR，IWAY，BLANCA等）和复杂的计算环境（通过NCSA用户支持结构，可为数千用户服务）的经验。 DAST将使网络和软件工程师直接与用户联系，开发培训材料和主机研讨会，以促进专业知识在其机构中为高性能连接最终用户和用户服务组织提供支持的专业知识的转移。 DAST为高性能连接奖励网站用户建立了一个中央帮助办公桌，该网站用户具有高性能应用程序，以协调与与高性能连接计划相关的VBN和其他网络相关的问题的路由和解决。