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Nevada Higher Education institutions upgrade backbone capacity to 100 Gbps using Internet2 Network

 

WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 23, 2015--To meet the rapidly increasing needs of high-performance, data intensive research and collaboration, the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) upgraded its core backbone network utilizing redundant Internet2, 100 Gbps (Gigabit per second) connections between NSHE’s main data centers located in Las Vegas and Reno. 

 

The increased network capacity had an immediate impact on existing applications and collaborative research capabilities throughout the State, which include the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Supercomputer Center for Energy and the Environment (NSCEE), the Desert Research Center’s (DRI) extensive programs related to climate and the environment, and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) earthquake simulation labs. The upgrades also pave the way for the System’s research campuses to support science DMZs directly from the core network to Internet2.

 

“The Internet2 connections establish a high throughput collaborative core environment and puts participating Nevada universities among the best-connected institutions globally,” said Steven Zink, NSHE Vice Chancellor.

 

Dual Internet2 connections support both Layer2 and Layer3 functionality, which allows researchers to collaborate directly with colleagues in a Layer2 point-to-point fashion or for specific projects in a standard routed fashion. The direct paths to Internet2 and the redundant 100 Gbps connection for the 450-mile core network between Las Vegas and Reno ensures a high-level of reliability.

 

“Nevada Higher Education Institution’s investment in increased network capacity has already benefited their advanced computing applications. More broadly, these connections will allow them to exchange the massive data sets associated with advanced education and research more quickly and in more meaningful ways with other universities,” said Rob Vietzke, vice president of network services, Internet2. 

 

About NSHE

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The NSHE network allows Nevada’s three principal research institutions to share technology infrastructure for research and collaboration (cyberinfrastructure) across the 110,000 square miles of the State as well as to serve over 106,000 students, including those at four-year and community colleges.

 

For more information, visit www.scs.nevada.edu

 

 

About Internet2

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Internet2® is a member-owned advanced technology community founded by the nation’s leading higher education institutions in 1996. Internet2 provides a collaborative environment for U.S. research and education organizations to solve common technology challenges, and to develop innovative solutions in support of their educational, research and community service missions.

Internet2 also operates the nation’s largest and fastest, coast-to-coast research and education network, with Internet2 Network Operations Center powered by Indiana University. Internet2 serves more than 90,000 community anchor institutions, 290 U.S. universities, 70 government agencies, 42 regional and state education networks, 84 leading corporations working with our community and more than 65 national research and education networking partners representing more than 100 countries.

Internet2 offices are located in Ann Arbor, MI; Denver, CO; Emeryville, CA; Washington, DC; and West Hartford, CT. For more information, visit www.internet2.edu or follow @Internet2 on Twitter.