CC* Network Design and Implementation for Small Institutions: Rural Campus Connectivity for Research and Teaching on the Prairie

该项目为Dordt College提供网络基础设施升级，以实现Internet2连接，并增强园区位置、数据源和计算资源之间的网络连接。通过在农业和草原现场应用数据密集型多组学和生物统计学研究(如高通量基因分型和表型分析)，这些升级旨在为正在进行的研究提供装备，以更好地了解土地利用对当地生态和微生物群、草原遗传学、土壤侵蚀、养分吸收和流失、碳固存、干旱敏感性和水质的影响。草原研究和教学的农村校园连接项目还将Dordt学院与全国研究和教育资源连接起来，通过为本科生和STEM培训教师提供协作、跨学科和数据驱动的科学，提供尖端的研究、教学和推广机会，从而增强其STEM教育影响。该网络基础设施项目的主要目标是安装并连接一条光纤线路，从位于乡村的Dordt学院校园到Internet2连接点。园区网络升级还包括开发科学非军事区和相关服务，如联邦身份管理、数据传输管理、通过实施PerfSONAR测量节点进行性能监控，以及与农村卫星园区的无线连接。一个新的网络交换机将被用作10Gbps非军事区的枢纽，将本地存储、计算集群和仪器设备连接到现有的园区网络和互联网2。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 project provides cyberinfrastructure upgrades at Dordt College for an Internet2 connection and enhanced network connectivity between campus locations, data sources, and computing resources. Through the application of data-intensive multi-omics and biostatistics research (such as high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping) at agricultural and prairie sites, these upgrades are designed to equip ongoing research to better understand, first hand, land-use impacts on local ecology and microbiome, prairie genetics, soil erosion, nutrient uptake and loss, carbon sequestration, drought susceptibility, and water quality. The Rural Campus Connectivity for Research and Teaching on the Prairie project also connects Dordt College to national research and education resources and enhances its STEM education impact by providing cutting-edge research, teaching, and outreach opportunities through collaborative, interdisciplinary, and data-driven science for undergraduate students and STEM teachers-in-training. The primary goal of this cyberinfrastructure project is the installation and connection of a fiber optic line from the rurally-situated Dordt College campus to an Internet2 connection point. Campus network upgrades also include the development of a Science DMZ and associated services such as Federated ID Management, data transfer management, performance monitoring through the implementation of a PerfSONAR measurement node, and wireless connectivity to a rural satellite campus. A new network switch will be used as the hub of the 10Gbps DMZ to connect local storage, compute clusters and instrumentation to the existing campus network and Internet2.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.