ESnet News
Collaboration Fuels High-Speed Data-Intensive Research to Understand How Nuclei Decay
Using ESnet, scientists at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams were able to send terabytes of data across the country, analyze it in real time using NERSC’s Perlmutter supercomputer time, and return results that enabled quicker, data-informed experimental choices. Read More
CANARIE, ESnet, GÉANT, and Internet2 Unveil Highest Capacity Transoceanic Connectivity for Research and Education
The Advanced North Atlantic (ANA) collaboration has added three 400-Gbps spectrum circuits between exchange points in the U.S., U.K., and France, boosting ANA's combined trans-Atlantic network capacity to 2.4 Tbps. Read More
New Consortium MetrANOVA to Create a Measurement and Analysis Toolbox for Research and Education Networks Worldwide
Leading research and education (R&E) networking organizations Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), GÉANT, GlobalNOC at Indiana University, Internet2, and Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) have joined forces to form MetrANOVA, a consortium for Advancing Network Observation, Visualization, and Analysis. MetrANOVA’s goal is to develop and disseminate common network measurement and analysis tools, tactics, and techniques that can be applied throughout the global R&E community. Read More
ESnet’s OSCARS Software Automation System Gets Major Upgrade to Meet Future Complex Data Challenges
The software automation system OSCARS, one of the key innovations powering ESnet’s high-speed network for Department of Energy–funded scientific research, has just gotten a major update: OSCARS 1.1, which is designed to take advantage of the capabilities offered by ESnet6, the latest iteration of the network. Read More
ESnet Announces First Trans-Atlantic Subsea Spectrum Agreement
ESnet has signed a long-term lease agreement with Aqua Comms for 25% of a fiber pair linking New York, Dublin, and London — ESnet's first trans-Atlantic spectrum acquisition. Read More
ESnet Releases New Version of iperf, Network Performance Measurement Tool
In late November, ESnet released iperf-3.16, a significant new version of the open-source network performance measurement tool iperf3. Part of perfSONAR, iperf3 can also be used as a stand-alone tool for measuring network performance in general. The new version gives better insights into high-speed network behaviors. Read More