121021 orion i canada d graham
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Dr. Darin PW Graham
President, CEO
www.orion.on.ca
As one of the world’s fastest Research and Innovation networks, we can support infinite possibilities
By the numbers• Self-sustaining not-for-profit
• Nearly 6000km of optical fibre connecting over 30 PoPs
• Over 2 million researchers, scientists, faculty, teachers, students and innovative organizations every day
• Contribute over $140M annually to Ontario’s GDP
• 100Gb/second and testing for 400 equivalent to 100,000 iTunes downloaded in 1
minute
• > 50% annual growth in network usage with < 5% cost increase passed on to our members
Collaboration
Collaborate with major Telco's and suppliers
Including Bell, Hydro One, Rogers, Cogent, Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent. We support Canadian industry
Collaborate with leading IT vendors to build
ORION Nebula – cloud sharing model driven by members for members
Over 100 member institutions across Ontario universities, colleges, research hospitals, K-12 school boards, innovation centres & cultural institutions
Over 2 million users daily restricted to research, education and innovation
users
Working together forOntario’s future
Connecting BIG data…
High-Def streaming
Atlas project: Higgs boson discovery
Vineyard monitoring
International Consortium on
Anti-Virals
The God ParticleORION handled
upwards of 10% of data for Higgs boson discovery
Experiential Media research program
at York relies on O3
High school student Marshall Zhang
conducts groundbreaking research in cystic fibrosis
DominicanRepublic’s national
power provider learns from ORION’s
infrastructure, business model and member base
… and BIG ideas
Consistent, reliablesound and video quality reduces power consumption by 50%
What do peoplewant from a network?
everything
cycles
centres
connectivity cloud
challengescollaboration
Planning ahead to build the
infrastructure to support
anticipated plans for computing
Cycles
Cloud Computing Changing the world of Advanced Computing/HPCDiversifying access to more users
Centres
Exponential growth in data
Centralized efficiencies Choosing the location
GOING GREEN – power needs
Improved data accessibility, storage and recovery
CLOUD STORAGE
> Regional Footprint
Reliability and Redundancy
Connectivity
> 99.99%
The LAST MILE working with local providers
“New” technologies
WIRELESS
Deciding base needs with flexibility to scale
500Gband 1Tbps
Avoid Re-inventing the Wheel
Increasing Accessibility for everyone
Technical and administrative support
Building broader partnerships
Government support
Leverage what you’ve got in novel ways
Collaboration
• More efficient
• Shared resources
• Less cost
• Faster implementation
• Adjust resources dynamically
• Correct mistakes easier
A fast, reliable, redundant network is critical
The world is reaching for the cloud
Typical Services
Data & Computing Administrative Support Government
Last Mile availability
What are the REAL user requirements
Linking Research with Commercial Innovation
Cost and timing of implementation
Legacy systems and transition to Cloud
Intra- & Inter-region connectivity
Challenges
cycles
centres
cloud
challenges
With vision, collaboration and creativity, the possibilities are infinite.
www.orion.on.ca @ORIONNetwork