CEOSWGISSNetwork Subgroup Network Performance Task Team

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CEOS-WGISS-Network SubgroupNetwork Performance
Task Team
Andrew Germain CEOS WGISS NS-10 Sioux Falls,
SD, US May 2001
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Network Performance Testing Highlights

• Daily results now online
• http//corn.eos.nasa.gov/performance/Net_Health/CE
  OS_list.html
• Implemented a European test source at UNEP-Norway
• Connected via Nordunet -- Testing to UNEP sites,
  US, UK, ESRIN
• Improved Peering
• Many European networks upgraded connectivity to
  US
• NY, Chicago
• Abilene and CANet3 providing International
  Transit
• AMPATH South and Central Americas
• Testing Changes
• Israel tested Nov-Dec 00
• JRC restarted Feb 01
• Netherlands (KNMI) tested Sept to Nov '00
• Russia IRS-RAS tested Oct to Dec '00
• Thailand SeaStart stopped Nov 00, GISTDA added
  Oct 00
• Note Check Ethernet Auto-negotiation

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Virtual CEOSnet - April 2001
Nairobi Bangkok SJCR Beijing
Norway
CAO
CCRS
RBnet
Moscow
IRE-RAS
UNInet
Rostelecom
Israel
MAFF
UNEP
Milan
ESRIN
GARR
DANTE
NorduNet
(TEN-155)
Chicago
DLR
DFN
NY
TransPAC
STAR
DFN
IMNet
NYC
Geneva
TAP
(APAN)
Swisscom
KNMI
NASDA
EDC
MSFC/UAH
CONAE (Argentina)
WIDE
TelintAr
Abilene
NISN
RAL
AIT
(Thailand)
Oxford
LaRC
MSU
START
MAX
UCL
X
UMD
GISTDA
GSFC
Commodity
ISPs
PAO (Philipines)
(
X
BBNPlanet, Verio, etc.)
DC
JRC
Cable
Sprintlink (Paris)
Wireless
ATT.net
SFO
Miami
EUmetsat
France
Optus
Telecom
JARING (Malaysia)
CMA (China)
INPE (Brazil)
CSIRO (Australia)
ANSP
CNES
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CEOS GOIN Performance Test Sites
UNEP
RAL,UCL, Oxford
EUMETSAT
IRE-RAS
CAO
CCRS
DLR
KNMI
JRC
UNESCO
ESRIN
UNEP
GSFC
NASDA
ISRAEL
START
AIT, GISTDA
NAMRIA
ISRO
UNEP
UNEP
UNEP
UKM
INPE
CONAE
CSIRO
CEOS Sink
GOIN Sink
Sink Source
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Site Updates

• Argentina (CONAE) Steady since July '00
• Thruput about 300 kbps via Telintar (thru NY)
• Was 200 kbps previously (20 kbps in 96)
• Australia (CSIRO) Testing Resumed June '00
• Performance 50-250 kbps until mid August '00,
  then 100-800 kbps
• Route via Optus
• Brazil (INPE - Sao Paolo) Upgrade to ANSP Jan
  '01
• NASA dedicated 64kbps circuit (IDN) discontinued
  Jan '01
• Via ANSP (HSB) 25-1450 kbps (median 550)
• Was 10-650 kbps (median 25!) previously via
  Embratel
• Canada (CCRS- Ottawa) Improved Jan '01
• Peaks now over 5 mbps (was about 4 mbps) -- BHM
  3.4 vs. 2.9
• But congestion is evident too -- daily worst now
  1.7 mbps (was 2.3)
• Route stable -- direct peering between NISN and
  CANet3 in Chicago

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Site Updates (cont.)

• China START Regional Center -- Still down
• No performance testing since Aug '99 (was 18
  kbps)-- resume??
• Route via ATT, satellite -- appears highly
  congested
• APAN would be better
• Germany
• DLR (Oberpfaffenhofen)
• Test host unresponsive since July '99
• Route via MAE-E, UUNet to NY, DFN
• Eumetsat (Darmstadt)
• Performance testing still not running -- try
  again?
• Route via KPNQwest to Darmstadt
• Israel Testing resumed Nov-Dec '00
• Performance 0.2 - 1.7 mbps (was 1.7 mbps steady)
• Route via direct peering with ILAN in Chicago
• Datasink stopped in Dec 00 -- will try to restart
  again.

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Site Updates (cont.)

• Italy (ESRIN - Frascati) Congestion Increasing
• BHM from GSFC dropped to 400 kbps (was 970) (55
  kbps prev)
• Typical daily range 100-1500 kbps (was 350-1500
  kbps)
• Route via MAX, Abilene to NY, TEN-155, GARR
• Also testing from Norway
• Thruput 500-1300 kbps via UNInet, Nordunet,
  TEN-155, GARR
• Datasink stopped Jan '01 -- will request restart
• Italy (CEO/JRC - Ispra) Restarted Feb '01
• BH Median decreased to about 500 kbps (was 900
  Kbps)
• average daily peak is down to about 650 kbps (was
  1700)
• New Route AlterNet all the way! Reduced
  congestion.
• Malaysia (UKM) Testing stopped June '00
• Thruput tested 19-20 Jan '00 30 kbps
• Route via ATT.net, satellite

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Site Updates (cont.)

• Japan (NASDA EOC - Hatoyama) 2 routes
• NASA-NASDA removed private E1 and installed
  private 3 mbps ATM service in Feb '00 -- for
  mission support only.
• Performance stable - typically 1.6 mbps
• Now using TransPAC via STAR TAP (Chicago) for
  Science traffic
• Performance stable - typically 1.15 Mbps
• Netherlands (KNMI) testing 12-Sept to 8-Nov '00
• Route from GSFC via Abilene to SurfNet in NY
• Performance initially 0.9-1.8 mbps
• was 10-18 mbps to SurfNet Core
• Upgrades planned this summer -- will resume
  testing
• Russia (IRE-RAS - Moscow) Testing Oct-Dec 00
• Current Route is via Internet -- Rostelecom in NY
• Other possibilities MIRnet, or NASA dedicated
  circuit
• Performance was BHM 75 kbps, Daily range 13 -
  30 kbps

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Site Updates (cont.)

• Russia (CAO - Moscow) SAGE III Project
• Route currently via NY to Rostelecom/RBnet --
  Congestion increased
• plan to use NASA dedicated circuit
• Performance typically 2-76 kbps median 18 kbps
  (was 41)
• Thailand
• AIT Testing via 2 routes -- similar performance
  now
• Abilene-TransPac-APAN 60-204 kbps (BH median
  170)
• Commodity Route UUNet-Teleglobe 15-300 kbps
  (median 150)
• Was 8-160 kbps (BH median 15) via UUNet-WorldNet
  
• SeaStart Testing stopped Nov '00
• June-Nov 00 Median BH 20 kbps, Typical daily
  peak 100 kbps
• Route via Commodity Internet - NY, then
  Teleglobe via satellite
• Serious congestion
• GISTDA (NRCT) Testing started Oct '00
• Commodity Route UUNet-Teleglobe-Inet
• 75-470 kbps (BH median 160)

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Site Updates (cont.)

• UK
• From GSFC via Abilene to JAnet in NY
• JAnet core (London) now 8-11 Mbps
• was 16-23 Mbps typ
• NY peering reconfigured
• UCL 3-5 mbps
• Was 600-1400 kbps via NASA dedicated E1
• E1 circuit removed
• Oxford 3-5.5 mbps
• Was 21 kbps - 3.2 mbps via commodity network
• RAL 10-15 mbps
• From UNEP Norway UNInet to Nordunet to TEN-155
  to JAnet
• 655-1200 kbps

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Site Updates (cont.)

• UNEP testing to 6 sites
• Norway route from GSFC via Teleglobe, Nordunet,
  UNInet
• Performance from GSFC improved December '00
• Was 25-115 kbps, now 630-2900 kbps!
• Began testing from Norway to UNEP and other sites
• Geneva route from GSFC via BBNplanet, Swisscom,
  IPplus
• Performance from GSFC improved April '01
• Was 28-435 kbps, now 19-1250 kbps! Still heavily
  congested
• From Norway Double UNEP satellite hop! 52-113
  kbps
• Nairobi, Bejing via satellite from Norway
• Beijing Performance improved March 10
• From GSFC Was 12-110 kbps, now 17-165
• Will Start testing from Norway
• Nairobi testing stopped 9 '00 -- performance was
  75-500 kbps
• Bangkok via satellite from Geneva
• From GSFC improved to 15-110 kbps Apr '01 -- was
  15-55
• From Norway improved to 30-100 kbps Apr '01 --
  was 20-55
• Costa Rica improved to 20-160 kbps Mar '01 --
  was 23-110

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On-line Results

• Up to the minute (daily, actually) results
  online
• Up and running!
• http//corn.eos.nasa.gov/performance/Net_Health/CE
  OS_list.html