CC*IIE Region: Transforming a Regional Network and the Regional Community to Serve Diverse and Emerging Research Needs

在大数据时代，随着科学对网络基础设施的需求不断增加，许多校园和区域网络对研究人员开展工作所需的要求准备不足。在校园基础设施领域取得了一些扎实的进展，但这些努力往往达不到要求。总体而言，区域和国家两级的骨干网络都运行良好。然而，通常情况是，需要在园区、区域和国家网络中进行长达数小时的故障排除才能获得良好的性能，而且通常需要多个组织的多名员工进行长达数小时的工作。区域网络级别需要解决两个问题。第一个问题是知识交流和最佳做法。让校园、区域和国家各级的工作人员配备正确的技能和资源来呼吁解决问题，这是至关重要的。在后一种情况下，资源包括“以人为本的网络”，具体地说，就是在校园和区域一级协作运作的个人网络。其次，要取得成功，就需要有一个广泛部署和易于使用的监测和计量基础设施。亚洲及太平洋区域办事处正在为区域利益攸关方举办一次论坛，通过一系列研讨会阐明需求、解决办法和最佳做法。第二，OARNet正在直接与利益攸关方进行技术接触和知识交流，并在利益攸关方之间建立支持的“人脉网络”。第三，OARnet正在俄亥俄州学术资源网络(OARnet)的基础设施中广泛部署PerfSonar，以进行高度精细的数据收集。

With the ever-increasing cyberinfrastructure needs of science in an era of "Big Data", many campuses and regional networks are ill prepared to deal with the requirements researchers need to carry out their work. Some solid progress has been made in areas of campus infrastructure, but all too often these efforts fall short. In general, backbone networks at both the regional and national levels are competently run. However, frequently it is the case that many hours of troubleshooting across the campus, regional and national networks are required to get good performance and often require many hours of work by multiple staffs at multiple organizations.There are two issues at the regional network level being addressed. The first issue is knowledge exchange and best practice. Having staff at each layer of the campus, regional and national layer equipped with correct skill sets and resources to call upon for resolution is paramount. In the latter case, the resources include the "human network", specifically,a network of individuals at the campus and regional level to function collaboratively. Secondly, having a widely deployed and easily accessible monitoring and measurement infrastructure is required for success.OARnet is convening a forum for regional stakeholders to articulate needs, solutions and best practices via a workshop series. Secondly, OARnet is providing technical engagement and knowledge exchange directly with stakeholders and is developing the "human network" of support amongst the stakeholders. Thirdly OARnet is deploying perfSonar widely throughout the Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet) infrastructure, for highly granular data collection.