e-Infrastructures
Workshop
9th December 2003
Accademia dei Lincei, Roma
The Future of European Research
Networking and GRIDS
Dai Davies : General Manager : DANTE Ltd
[email protected]
www.dante.net
Evolution of Market Competitiveness :
International Intra-European Connectivity
1,000,000
200,000
Euro / Mbps / Year
100,000
150,000
100,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
12,500
5,000
2,000
1,000
100
36
10
1
1996
1997
1998-99
19992000
Period covered
20002001
average offer price
lowest offer price
Relative Cost of Connectivity Compared with
Number of Suppliers
45
40
35
30
Re
lat 25
iv
e
co 20
st
Trend Line
15
10
Number of suppliers
5
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Support for European VLBI
Radio Telescope
Correlator
Data Flows
(RT or non-RT)
VLBI Traffic Monitoring
EVN Traffic Flows over GÉANT
SE
NORDUnet
JANET
UK
JIVE
PL
SURFnet
CZ
PSNC
BE
NL
DFN
DE2
DE1
FR
2.5G
10G
CH
AT
IT
GARR
256M
512M
1G

?

Development of Cost Sharing 1996 - 2002
45
40
35
30
25
1996
1999
2002
20
15
10
5
0
Range Access price
Range Connectivity Cost
Connectivity/access
Relative Cost of DWDM Connectivity and Router Interfaces
with Speed of Operation
50
45
40
35
Relative Cost
30
DWDM
25
Router Interfaces
20
15
10
5
0
0
2000
4000
6000
Speed in Kbps
8000
10000
12000
Relative Cost of Switch Interfaces and Router Interfaces
300,000
250,000
List Price in €'s
200,000
Switch Interface Costs
150,000
Router Interface costs
100,000
50,000
0
155
622
2,500
Speed of Interface
10,000
The Technical Challenges
•Is there a Common View of Control and Resource
Allocation ?
•Can we Implement a Managed Environment
Across Multiple Networks?
•Is Interface Definition Well Resourced and
Understood?
The Overall Challenges
•How will Cost Sharing Develop?
•What is the Correct Architecture?
•Will GRIDS and Networking Converge on
Technical Solutions?