https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/w/index.php?title=Glasgow_(10_Questions)&feed=atom&action=historyGlasgow (10 Questions) - Revision history2024-03-28T09:21:44ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.22.0https://www.gridpp.ac.uk/w/index.php?title=Glasgow_(10_Questions)&diff=1124&oldid=prevGraeme stewart at 20:56, 16 April 20072007-04-16T20:56:30Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Question 1 == <br />
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''Provide the name and contact details of your local (Departmental) and Institutional network support staff.''<br />
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* My Departmental network support contact is: Shane Kelly (s.kelly at physics.gla.ac.uk)<br />
* My Institutional network support contact is: Colin Cooper (colin at compserv.gla.ac.uk<br />
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== Question 2 ==<br />
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''Provide details of the responsibilities, together with the demarcation of those responsibilities, of your local and Institutional network support staff.''<br />
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* The departmental contact is responsible for: Building hardware, faults, wiring, internal routing<br />
* The institutional contact is responsible for: DNS, JANET connectivity, border routers<br />
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== Question 3 ==<br />
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''What is a Regional Network Operator (RNO), and why does this matter to you?''<br />
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* An RNO is: Us. Glasgow University is an Operating Agent for the Clydenet RNO.<br />
* I care because: It's our connectivity.<br />
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== Question 4 ==<br />
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''What is SuperJANET4? And more importantly what is SuperJANET5?''<br />
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* SuperJANET4 is: The current production network.<br />
* SuperJANET5 is: The next-generation production network.<br />
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== Questions 5, 6, 7 and 9 (part) ==<br />
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== Question 8 ==<br />
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''What is the average and peak traffic flow between your local (Departmental) network and the Institutional network?''<br />
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* Average traffic:<br />
* Peak traffic:<br />
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''What is the average and peak traffic flow between your Institutional network and the RNO?''<br />
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* Average traffic: 100-150 Mbit/sec<br />
* Peak traffic: Have seen 500Mbit under tests.<br />
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''What is the total capacity of your Institutional connection to the RNO?''<br />
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* Our total capacity is: 1Gbit<br />
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''What are the upgrade plans for your local (Departmental) network; your Institutional network and the network run by the RNO?''<br />
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* Departmental plans: Potential for light path into building.<br />
* Institutional plans: Campus backbone to 10Gbit over time<br />
* RNO plans: Enmeshed with SuperJANET 5 deployment<br />
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== Question 9 ==<br />
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''Do you believe in IS Security? Does your Institute believe in IS Security?''<br />
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* I'm a believer: YES<br />
* We're collective believers: YES<br />
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''Do you believe in firewalls? Does your Institute believe in firewalls?''<br />
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* I'm a believer: YES<br />
* We're collective believers: YES, although we're more interested in DMZ'ing the whole grid operation.<br />
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''Provide information of how changes are made to the rule set of the firewall.''<br />
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* Firewall rules are changed by: Computing Service<br />
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''Provide a note of the capacity of this device and what happens when that capacity is exceeded.''<br />
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* The capacity is: That of the router.<br />
* When it goes over-capacity, the following happens: No new connections can be established, but established connections appear to continue to function.<br />
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== Question 10 ==<br />
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''What is the best performance you can achieve from your end-system to an equivalent system located in some geographically remote (and friendly!) Institute?''<br />
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* Best performance is: This requires real-world testing.<br />
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For your end-system: <br />
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: ''Do you understand the kernel, the bus structure; the NIC; and the disk system?''<br />
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* I understand: NO<br />
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: Do you understand TCP tuning and what it can do for you? <br />
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* I understand: NO<br />
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: Do you understand your application and what it can do to your performance? <br />
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* I understand: NO<br />
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[[Category:Network]]</div>Graeme stewart