CC-NIE Network Infrastructure: MARIA 100G - Accelerating Science for All Virginia Universities

可靠、可预测和快速地将科学数据从产生的地方传播给创新者、科学家和合作者，是CC-NIE计划寻求解决的一个挑战。如果没有世界级的网络基础设施，机构进行世界级研究的能力就会受到阻碍，美国的竞争力就会降低。MARIA 100 G项目解决了弗吉尼亚理工大学代表弗吉尼亚州研究和教育界运营的NatCap网络聚合设施中的一个已知瓶颈点，包括中大西洋研究基础设施联盟（MARIA）成员的研究机构。该项目正在升级到第二代互联网国家研究网络的聚合链路，从英联邦所有机构共享的2x 5千兆比特每秒容量升级到100千兆比特每秒容量。这一瓶颈的消除为科学发现过程中迅速增长的数据集的不受阻碍的交流铺平了道路。

The reliable, predictable, and rapid dissemination of scientific data from where it is generated to innovators, scientists, and collaborators is a challenge the CC-NIE program seeks to address. Without world-class network infrastructure, the ability of institutions to conduct world-class research is hindered and the competitiveness of the US is reduced.The MARIA 100G project addresses a known bottleneck point in the NatCap network aggregation facility operated by Virginia Tech on behalf of the research and education community in Virginia, including the research institutions who are members of the Mid-Atlantic Research Infrastructure Alliance (MARIA). The project is upgrading the aggregation link to the Internet2 national research network, from a 2x5 gigabit per second capacity shared by all institutions in the commonwealth to a 100 gigabit per second capacity. The removal of the bottleneck paves the way for the unimpeded exchange of dramatically growing data sets in the course of scientific discovery.