U Connecticut Upgrades to 100 Gbps Fiber Connection
The University of Connecticut (UConn) has
implemented a 100 gigabit per second (Gbps) Layer 2/Layer 3 fiber connection
through the Internet2 network backbone
to support data intensive research collaboration and exchange between UConn
researchers and their peers around the world.
UConn's 100 Gbps connection is provided by the Connecticut Education Network (CEN), an all-optic research and education network, in cooperation with UConn
and the State of Connecticut.
"The robust CEN-Internet2 network expands the boundaries of science that
researchers can explore," said Jeff Seemann, vice president for research at
UConn, in a prepared statement. "It forms the foundation for enhanced
collaboration among research institutions and advanced utilization of
consolidated high-tech resources and services within the state."
According to information from CEN and Internet2, the upgraded UConn
connection will:
- Enable the computer science and engineering department to conduct wide
area network performance research;
- Provide the geography department with continuous access to high
resolution satellite images stored on external servers;
- Enable the molecular and cell biology department to transfer huge genome
sequences within the campus and with external sites;
- Enable the physics department to participate in the Open Science Grid and transfer
terabytes of jobs to and from the grid within a day;
- Help the statistics department conduct research on high-dimensional
statistical modeling and inference using large data sets produced by health
and biomedical studies; and
- Help UConn Health conduct research on quantitative cell biology and
simulations, as well as computational genomics that require terabytes of
data transfer daily.
To support UConn's connection, Internet2 created a new access point in
Hartford, which also serves the UConn Health Center and other CEN campuses.
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