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

这一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方的数据密集型研究。爱达荷州全州范围内网络基础设施合作的独特模式源于一种集体需求，即在推进多机构科学努力的同时，共享和最大化有限的资源。该项目加速了爱达荷大学的研究和教育，同时改善了我们的同行研究型大学(主要是本科机构)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的高速访问深土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，对100Gbps校园科学DMZ网络进行端到端的现代化，以消除高效科学数据交换的障碍。深土Ecotron代表爱达荷大学托管的独特研究基础设施，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，扩大了这一独特的国家研究资源的覆盖范围和影响。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。该项目对支持猎鹰的现有科学DMZ网络的数据吞吐量进行了数量级的升级。随着多机构对猎鹰的依赖增加，这些改进是必要的一步，以支持爱达荷州大学日益增长的已知和未来的科学驱动因素和州内的合作。这项由高级网络基础设施办公室颁发的奖项由既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)联合支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.