CC-NIE Network Infrastructure: 100Gig Connection to Florida LambdaRail (FLR)

该项目是一个综合战略的重要组成部分，为佛罗里达大学（UF）的研究人员及其在该州，国家和世界的合作者创建一个功能强大的网络基础设施。支持协作意味着从远程位置移动大量数据或提供对数据的交互式访问和处理能力。佛罗里达大学及其在SSERCA的合作机构（阳光州教育和研究计算联盟）正在佛罗里达Lambda铁路（FLR）上创建一个协作框架，使地理上分散的研究团队能够轻松地在机构之间传输数据，分析通过安装在各自高性能计算资源上的文件系统共享的相同数据，并与世界各地的同事共享数据，该合同资助购买一台能够以100 Gbps速率传输的交换机，将佛罗里达大学校园研究网络连接到佛罗里达大学区域网络和新建的100 GigE Internet2网络。一些正在进行的合作项目将直接受益于这种高带宽容量，如下：1）在大型强子对撞机上进行的紧凑μ子螺线管实验，寻找希格斯玻色子。2)农业模型相互比较和改进项目提高了准确模拟长期气候演变和作物生长的能力，使决策者能够为不断变化的天气模式做好准备。3)综合数字化生物收集是一个项目，旨在为国家资源建立基础设施，提供可搜索的数据收集。

The project is one crucial building block in a comprehensive strategy to create a highly functional cyberinfrastructure for researchers at the University of Florida (UF) and their collaborators in the state, the nation, and the world. Supporting collaborations means moving large amounts of data or providing interactive access to data and processing capability from remote locations. The University of Florida and its partner institutions in SSERCA (Sunshine State Education and Research Computing Alliance) are creating a collaborative framework on top of the Florida Lambda Rail (FLR) for geographically dispersed research teams to easily transfer data between institutions, analyze the same data shared via file systems mounted at their respective high-performance computing resources, and share data with colleagues across the world, with appropriate authentication and authorization as needed.The award funds the acquisition of a switch capable of transmitting at the rate of 100 Gbps to connect the UF campus research network to the FLR regional network and to the newly built 100 GigE Internet2 network. Some of the ongoing collaborative projects that will benefit directly from this high bandwidth capacity are the following: 1) The Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, searching for the Higgs boson. 2) The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project enhances the capability to accurately model both long-term climate evolution and crop growth to allow decision makers to prepare for ever changing weather patterns. 3) The Integrated Digitized Biocollections is a project to create the infrastructure for a national resource providing a searchable collection of data.