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== Question 1 == 
 
''Provide the name and contact details of your local (Departmental) and Institutional network support staff.''
 
* My Departmental network support contact is: Shane Kelly (s.kelly at physics.gla.ac.uk)
* My Institutional network support contact is: Colin Cooper (colin at compserv.gla.ac.uk
 
== Question 2 ==
 
''Provide details of the responsibilities, together with the demarcation of those responsibilities, of your local and Institutional network support staff.''

* The departmental contact is responsible for: Building hardware, faults, wiring, internal routing
* The institutional contact is responsible for: DNS, JANET connectivity, border routers

== Question 3 ==
 
''What is a Regional Network Operator (RNO), and why does this matter to you?''

* An RNO is: Us.  Glasgow University is an Operating Agent for the Clydenet RNO.
* I care because: It's our connectivity.
 
== Question 4 ==
 
''What is SuperJANET4? And more importantly what is SuperJANET5?''

* SuperJANET4 is: The current production network.
* SuperJANET5 is: The next-generation production network.
 
== Questions 5, 6, 7 and 9 (part) ==
 
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== Question 8 ==
 
''What is the average and peak traffic flow between your local (Departmental) network and the Institutional network?''

* Average traffic:
* Peak traffic:
 
''What is the average and peak traffic flow between your Institutional network and the RNO?''

* Average traffic: 100-150 Mbit/sec
* Peak traffic: Have seen 500Mbit under tests.
 
''What is the total capacity of your Institutional connection to the RNO?''

* Our total capacity is: 1Gbit
 
''What are the upgrade plans for your local (Departmental) network; your Institutional network and the network run by the RNO?''

* Departmental plans: Potential for light path into building.
* Institutional plans: Campus backbone to 10Gbit over time
* RNO plans: Enmeshed with SuperJANET 5 deployment
 
== Question 9 ==
 
''Do you believe in IS Security? Does your Institute believe in IS Security?''

* I'm a believer: YES
* We're collective believers: YES

''Do you believe in firewalls? Does your Institute believe in firewalls?''
 
* I'm a believer: YES
* We're collective believers: YES, although we're more interested in DMZ'ing the whole grid operation.

''Provide information of how changes are made to the rule set of the firewall.''

* Firewall rules are changed by: Computing Service

''Provide a note of the capacity of this device and what happens when that capacity is exceeded.''

* The capacity is: That of the router.
* When it goes over-capacity, the following happens: No new connections can be established, but established connections appear to continue to function.
 
== Question 10 ==
 
''What is the best performance you can achieve from your end-system to an equivalent system located in some geographically remote (and friendly!) Institute?''

* Best performance is: This requires real-world testing.
 
For your end-system: 
 
: ''Do you understand the kernel, the bus structure; the NIC; and the disk system?''

* I understand: NO

: Do you understand TCP tuning and what it can do for you? 
 
* I understand: NO
 
: Do you understand your application and what it can do to your performance? 

* I understand: NO


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