11 Aug
2021
11 Aug
'21
10:05 a.m.
On 8/11/21 3:23 PM, Toussaint OTTAVI via 44Net wrote:
Le 11/08/2021 à 15:03, pete M via 44Net a écrit :
I think ARDC can offer end-user PoP access to their backbone themselves, and regional
groups can always decide to setup their own access which connects to such a PoP and allows
their own end-users to connect.
The reason I think it would be best to support both these models is:
- some countries already have the infrastructure to connect end-users and to route their
traffic, no need to de-comission that and have people migrate
- some countries have no access points and no active local teams wanting to setup such
things, and they can connect directly to an ARDC PoP.
Some users also may not think their local access point is reliable enough and want to
connect to an ARDC PoP or even more than one.
It should always be possible to have multiple options, we should not wire the
possibilities into the network design.
Rob
the backbone is the POP ardc are proposing to
build.
In my idea :
- POPs are the equivalent of our current regional gateways. They are managed locally by
us (sysadmins, coordinators, local teams...), not by ARDC ! Basically, we migrate
independent and different systems to a common standardized model.
- ARDC provides backbone for interconnecting POPs all over the world. This includes
network links (to be defined), portal, all required back-office tools, administration, and
support for POP maintainers.