Research Infrastructure: CC*Networking Infrastructure: Deep Soil to Supercomputing - Infrastructure Enhancements as a Force Multiplier for Idaho Research

该网络改进项目通过解决严重的网络瓶颈和改善多机构对共享研究基础设施的访问，实现并加速了爱达荷州大学及其他地区的数据密集型研究。爱达荷州全州网络基础设施协作的独特模式源于在推进多机构科学工作的同时共享和最大化有限资源的集体需求。该项目加速了爱达荷州大学的研究和教育，同时改善了我们的同行研究型大学（主要是本科院校）和部落研究合作伙伴对共享网络基础设施的访问。该项目实现了两个主要目标：1）取代传统的多模光纤，以实现10Gbps高速接入Deep Soil Ecotron，这是一个新的NSF中型基础设施项目，2）通过有针对性的设备改进，实现100 Gbps校园科学DMZ网络的端到端现代化，以消除有效科学数据交换的障碍。深层土壤生态实验室是爱达荷州大学独有的研究基础设施，允许美国研究人员在极端土壤深度进行土壤生物化学实验。该网络改进项目取代了老化的多模光纤基础设施，以实现与Ecotron设施的高效数据交换，从而扩大了这一独特的国家研究资源的覆盖范围和影响力。在爱达荷州大学的领导下，爱达荷州的研究型大学共同管理和共同利用重要的共享网络基础设施，如猎鹰超级计算机。该项目提供了一个数量级的数据吞吐量升级到现有的科学DMZ网络支持猎鹰。随着多机构对猎鹰的依赖增加，这些改进措施是支持爱达荷州大学不断增长的已知和未来的科学驱动力和州内合作的必要步骤。高级网络基础设施办公室的这一奖项得到了刺激竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）的共同支持该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This network improvement project enables and accelerates data-intensive research at the University of Idaho and beyond by addressing acute network bottlenecks and improving multi-institutional access to shared research infrastructure. Idaho’s unique model for statewide cyberinfrastructure collaboration stems from a collective need to share and maximize limited resources while advancing multi-institutional science efforts. This project accelerates research and education at the University of Idaho while improving access to shared cyberinfrastructure for our peer research universities, primarily undergraduate institutions, and tribal research partners.This project achieves two primary objectives: 1) replacing legacy multi-mode fiber optics to enable 10Gbps high-speed access to the Deep Soil Ecotron, a new NSF mid-scale infrastructure project, and 2) end-to-end modernization of 100Gbps campus Science DMZ networks through targeted equipment improvements to remove barriers to efficient scientific data exchange.The Deep Soil Ecotron represents unique research infrastructure hosted at the University of Idaho, allowing U.S. investigators to conduct soil biochemistry experiments at extreme soil depths. This network improvement project replaces aging multi-mode fiber infrastructure to enable efficient data exchange with the Ecotron facility, multiplying the reach and impact of this unique national research resource. Under University of Idaho leadership, Idaho’s research universities co-manage and co-utilize significant shared cyberinfrastructure such as the Falcon supercomputer. This project provides an order-of-magnitude upgrade in data throughput to existing Science DMZ networks supporting Falcon. As multi-institutional dependency on Falcon increases, these improvements are a necessary step to support a growing set of known and future University of Idaho science drivers and collaborations within the state.This award by the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure is jointly supported by the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.