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

将科学数据从其产生的地方可靠、可预测和快速地传播给创新者、科学家和合作者是CC-NIE计划寻求解决的一个挑战。如果没有世界一流的网络基础设施，机构开展世界一流研究的能力就会受到阻碍，美国的竞争力就会下降。MARIA 100G项目解决了NatCap网络聚合设施的一个已知瓶颈点，该设施由弗吉尼亚理工大学代表弗吉尼亚的研究和教育界运营，包括作为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，将联邦所有机构共享的2x5千兆每秒的容量提升到100千兆每秒的容量。瓶颈的消除为科学发现过程中急剧增长的数据集的无障碍交换铺平了道路。

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.