CC-NIE Network Infrastructure: Enhancing Connectivity for Multidisciplinary Scientific Research and Education at Auburn University

奥本大学对校园网络基础设施的需求日益增长，该基础设施可以为数据密集型科学模拟和分析应用程序实现高速通信。校园内缺乏高速网络网络基础设施，大大限制了多学科数据驱动的科学研究的增长。这样的网络基础设施对于奥本的跨学科数据分析非常重要。该项目构建了一个名为TigerSphere的尖端校园网基础设施。它部署了10 Gbps交换机的交换矩阵，通过双10 Gbps链路连接学院、学校和奥本的研究中心，将所有学院/学校到奥本主干的连接带宽增加20倍(从1 Gbps增加到20 Gbps)，将学院/学校边缘网络的带宽增加100倍(从100 Mbps增加到10 Gbps)。此外，TigerSphere还包括一条新的10Gbps光纤线路，连接到Internet2等国家科学网络，实现高带宽、大容量数据进出国家数据/计算中心。此外，TigerSphere极大地改善了奥本大学多学科研究和培训活动的网络基础设施，特别是对于数据密集型科学计算和分析。这种网络基础设施在几个方面产生了更广泛的影响，如通过高速泛在的TigerSphere改善奥本大学的网络基础设施，促进奥本大学内部和附近组织的多学科合作，加强研究培训活动，以及扩大代表不足的学生在专业计算职业生涯中的参与。

There is a growing demand at Auburn University for an on-campus cyberinfrastructure that can enable high-speed communication for data-intensive scientific simulation and analytics applications. The lack of a high-speed network cyberinfrastructure on-campus has significantly constrained the growth of multidisciplinary data-driven scientific research. Such a cyberinfrastructure is important for interdisciplinary data analytics at Auburn.This project constructs a cutting-edge campus-wide network infrastructure called TigerSphere. It deploys a fabric of 10 Gbps switches to connect colleges, schools, research centers at Auburn via dual 10 Gbps links, increasing the connection bandwidth from all colleges/schools to the Auburn backbone by 20 times (from 1 Gbps to 20 Gbps), and the bandwidth of edge networks at colleges/schools by 100 times (from 100 Mbps to 10 Gbps). In addition, TigerSphere includes a new fiber circuit of 10 Gbps to national scientific networks such as Internet2, enabling high-bandwidth, large-volume data movement from and to national data/computing centers. Furthermore, TigerSphere substantially improves Auburn University cyberinfrastructure for multidisciplinary research and training activities, particularly for data-intensive scientific computation and analytics.This network infrastructure has broader impact in several aspects, such as improving Auburn network infrastructure with a high-speed ubiquitous TigerSphere, promoting multidisciplinary collaborations within Auburn University and with nearby organizations, enhancing research training activities and broadening the participation of under-represented students in professional computing careers.