CISE Research Resources: A National Logistical Networking Testbed

CISE 研究资源：国家物流网络测试平台

• 批准号: 0224441
• 负责人: Micah Beck
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Tennessee Knoxville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-11-15 至 2008-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0224441&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CISE; Research; Resources; National; Logistical

EIA 02-24441Beck, Micah D.Dongarra, Jack J.; Livny, Miron; Plank, James S.; Wolski, RichardUniversity of Tennessee - Knoxville CISE RR: A National Logistical Networking Testbed This project, investigating a distributed network storage architecture based on the Internet Backplane Protocol (IBP) and the external node (exNode) data structure, explores an approach to communication infrastructure, called Logistical Networking. This approach applies the Internet model of community resource sharing to network storage to infuse the network itself with storage resources that can be shared, scaled up, and exposed for external scheduling just like IP datagram delivery. A resource fabric that unifies the co-management of scheduling of data transport and data storage results, creating conditions for interoperable state management among distributed applications. The resources of the National Logistical Networking Testbed (NLNT) proposed attract the kind of diverse and heavy usage necessary to carry out critical research and testing on this technology under real world conditions. NLNT, an experimental communication fabric, places large "depots" of sharable storage on the nation's high performance network for the unbrokered use of the research community. These depots support the exploration and testing of Logistical Networking technology under meaningful loads by diverse middleware and application research groups. Its leading characteristics follow. NLNT1. Storage: scalably sharable. To help maximize the share use of time-limited lightweight allocations of network storage resources, NLNT uses a network storage technology, Internet Backplane Protocol (IBP). IBP closely models IP datagram service and follows Internet design principles for scalable sharing to create shared storage service that can scale globally.2. Target capacity: 1 Petabyte. Planned project funding and contributions from industrial partners support NLNT capacity of 100TB in year three. As the technology shows value, capacity grows.3. Deployment: aims for ubiquity. To provide high performance access and support heavy use, NLNT locates massive "depots" at two major Gigapops with direct access to the national backbone. High value of well-provisioned local depots encourages ubiquitous provisioning of storage.The growth of the fully realized NLNT will be seeded by three storage depots: an advanced 11.68TB Storage Area Network system donated by Yotta Yotta; a special purpose 16GB RAM-only storage depot to be used for middleware research on high performance overlay networks; and a third storage cluster planned as a 88TB system attached to the network via a fast, non-blocking switch. The units will be placed at Gigapops in Chicago (Starlight) and near Washington D.C. (MAX). NLNT software foundation, IBP, has already been implemented and tested. Basic software components (xNode toolset for aggregating distributed storage allocations, the Network Weather Service (NWS) for monitoring and forecasting the performance of distributed resources, and the Logistical Backbone (L-Bone) for NLNT resource discovery) support NLNT middleware research, including scheduling with dynamic network topology, tools and methodologies to provide runtime support for key storage functions (e.g., replication, caching, etc.), and high performance overlay network technology. The research involves collaborators from the Universities of California-Santa Barbara (Wolski) and Wisconsin-Madison (Livny).

EIA 02- 24441 Beck，Micah D.Dongarra，Jack J.;作者声明：利夫尼; Wolski，RichardUniversity of Tennessee -诺克斯维尔CISE RR：一个国家物流网络试验台这个项目研究基于互联网背板协议（IBP）和外部节点（exNode）数据结构的分布式网络存储体系结构，探索一种称为物流网络的通信基础设施方法。这种方法将社区资源共享的互联网模型应用于网络存储，以向网络本身注入可以共享、扩展和暴露以供外部调度的存储资源，就像IP数据报交付一样。一种资源结构，它统一了数据传输和数据存储结果调度的协同管理，为分布式应用程序之间的互操作状态管理创造了条件。提出的国家物流网络试验台（NLNT）的资源吸引了在真实的世界条件下对该技术进行关键研究和测试所需的各种各样的大量使用。NLNT是一种实验性的通信结构，它在国家的高性能网络上放置了大量可共享存储的“仓库”，供研究界自由使用。这些仓库支持各种中间件和应用程序研究小组在有意义的负载下探索和测试Logistics Networking技术。其主要特征如下。NLNT 1。存储：可扩展共享。为了帮助最大化网络存储资源的时间限制轻量级分配的共享使用，NLNT使用网络存储技术，互联网背板协议（IBP）。IBP紧密建模IP数据报服务，遵循Internet设计原则，实现可扩展共享，创建可全球扩展的共享存储服务.目标容量：1 PB。计划中的项目资金和工业合作伙伴的捐款支持NLNT在第三年达到100 TB的容量。随着技术显示出价值，容量也在增长。3.部署：目标是无处不在。为了提供高性能的接入和支持大量使用，NLNT在两个主要的Gigapops上设置了大量的“站点”，可以直接接入国家骨干网。充分配置的本地仓库的高价值鼓励无处不在的存储配置。完全实现的NLNT的增长将由三个存储仓库播种：由Yotta Yotta捐赠的先进的11.68TB存储区域网络系统;专用的16 GB RAM存储仓库，用于高性能覆盖网络的中间件研究;第三个存储集群计划作为一个88 TB的系统，通过快速、无阻塞的交换机连接到网络。这些装置将被放置在芝加哥的Gigapops（星光）和华盛顿特区附近（MAX）。NLNT软件基础IBP已经实施和测试。基本软件组件（用于聚合分布式存储分配的xNode工具集、用于监视和预测分布式资源性能的网络天气服务（NWS）以及用于NLNT资源发现的LogisticBackbone（L-Bone））支持NLNT中间件研究，包括使用动态网络拓扑进行调度、为关键存储功能（例如，复制、高速缓存等），和高性能覆盖网络技术。这项研究涉及来自加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（沃尔斯基）和威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校（利夫尼）的合作者。