The OptIPuter Project Removing Bandwidth as an Obstacle In Data Intensive Sciences

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The OptIPuter Project Removing Bandwidth as an
Obstacle In Data Intensive Sciences

• NSF Large Information Technology Research
  Proposal
• Cal-(IT)2 and UIC Lead CampusesLarry Smarr PI
• USC, SDSU, NW, Texas AM, Univ. Amsterdam
  Partnering Campuses
• Industrial Partners
• IBM, Sun, Telcordia, Chiaro Networks, Calient,
  Glimmerglass, Lucent
• 13.5 Million Over Five Years
• Optical IP Streams From Lab Clusters to Large
  Data Objects

NIH Biomedical Informatics
NSF EarthScope and ORION
Research Network
http//ncmir.ucsd.edu/gallery.html
siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/library/gallery/shoot1/index
.shtml
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What is the OptIPuter?

• Applications Drivers ? Interactive Large Data
  Objects
• OptIPuter Nodes ? Scalable PC Cluster LambdaGrid
  Browser
• IP over Lambda Connectivity ?Predictable
  Backplane
• Open Source LambdaGrid Middleware? Network is
  Reservable
• Data Retrieval and Mining ? Global Virtual Disk
  Drives
• High Defn. Visualization, Collaboration ?
  Ultra-Reality TV

www.optiputer.net
See Nov 2003 Communications of the ACM for
Articles on OptIPuter Technologies
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UCSD Packet Test BedOptIPuter Year 2
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UCSD Quartzite Core at Completion (Year 5 of
OptIPuter)

• Recommended for Funding
• Physical HW to Enable Optiputer and Other Campus
  Networking Research
• Hybrid Network Instrument

Currently Under Review by NSF
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Edge and Core OptIPuter Nodes Using Parallel
Lambdas to Prototype a Bandwidth-Rich World
_at_ NU
UIC/EVL
Nortel, SBC Partnership With UIC NU
128x128 Calient
64x64GG
Original Plan -- More Now in Place
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10GE OptIPuter CAVEWAVEon the National
LambdaRail
EVL
Source Tom DeFanti, OptIPuter co-PI
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OptIPuter Software Architecture from Grid to
LambdaGrid
OptIPuter Applications
Visualization
DVC 1
DVC 2
DVC 3
Layer 5 SABUL, RBUDP, Fast, GTP
Real-Time Objects
Security Models
Data Services DWTP
Higher Level Grid Services
Grid and Web Middleware (Globus/OGSA/WebServices
/J2EE)
Layer 4 XCP
Node Operating Systems
l-configuration, Net Management
Physical Resources
DVCDistributed Virtual Computer
Source Andrew Chien, UCSD OptIPuter Software
Systems Architect
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Ultra-Resolution OptIPuter Displays Utilizing
Photonic Multicasting --Scaling to 100 Million
Pixels
UIC-EVL
GlimmerglassSwitch Used to Multicast and Direct
TeraVision Stream from One Tile to Another on the
Geowall-2
Source Jason Leigh, OptIPuter co-PI
Driven by Linux Graphics Clusters
Glimmerglass Switch
30 Megapixel High-Resolution Visualizations 1
Gigapixel at 30fps 30Gb/s Bandwidth
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The OptIPuter Will be Used to Enhance
Collaboration
OptIPuter Will Connect Falko Kuesters
Cal-(IT)2_at_UCI Smart Classroom and The
50M-Pixel Display At UCSD Ellismans BIRN
Laboratories
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OptIPuter Organization Chart
Larry Smarr Principal Investigator
Maxine Brown Project Manager
Frontier Advisory Board (FAB)
Network and Hardware Infrastructure Tom DeFanti
and Phil Papadopoulos Co-PIs
Software Architecture Andrew Chien
Data, Visualization and Collaboration Jason
Leigh Co-PI
Applications and Outreach Mark Ellisman,
co-PI John Orcutt Debi Kilb/Tom Moher

• Campus Testbeds
• SoCal Testbed (network, clusters, storage)
• Chicago/ Intl. Testbed (network, visualization
  clusters and displays)
• National Testbed
• Optical Signaling Protocols

• Middleware/DVC
• Real-Time OS
• Data Storage
• Security
• Application Performance Modeling
• Transport Protocols

• Data
• Visualization/ Collaboration
• Volume Visualization
• High-Performance Visualization and Data Analysis
• Photonic Multicast
• LambdaRAM

• Bioscience (NCMIR/BIRN)
• Geoscience (EarthScope, Oceanographic)
• Education Outreach

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Future OptIPuter Driver Gigabit Fibers on the
Ocean FloorORION-Ocean Research Interactive
Ocean Network
www.neptune.washington.edu
Cyberinfrastructure in Design Phase-- Fiber Optic
Cables Satellite Wireless
Currently Under Review by NSF