SDN-NGenIA, a software defined next generation integrated architecture for HEP and data intensive science
Published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 898, 22nd International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP2016) 10–14 October 2016, San Francisco, USA, 2017
Abstract: The SDN Next Generation Integrated Architecture (SDN-NGeNIA) project addresses some of the key challenges facing the present and next generations of science programs in HEP, astrophysics, and other fields, whose potential discoveries depend on their ability to distribute, process and analyze globally distributed Petascale to Exascale datasets. The SDN-NGenIA system under development by Caltech and partner HEP and network teams is focused on the coordinated use of network, computing and storage infrastructures, through a set of developments that build on the experience gained in recently completed and previous projects that use dynamic circuits with bandwidth guarantees to support major network flows, as demonstrated across LHC Open Network Environment [1] and in large scale demonstrations over the last three years, and recently integrated with PhEDEx and Asynchronous Stage Out data management applications of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. In addition to the general program goals of supporting the network needs of the LHC and other science programs with similar needs, a recent focus is the use of the Leadership HPC facility at Argonne National Lab (ALCF) for data intensive applications.
Recommended citation: J Balcas et al. (2017). "SDN-NGenIA, a software defined next generation integrated architecture for HEP and data intensive science" J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 898 112001, DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/898/11/112001. IOP Publishing Ltd, Bristol, UK http://twh.github.io/files/sdn-ngenia.pdf