ESnet News
ESnet to Open New Office in Indiana
The lease has been signed to establish a new office for ESnet in Bloomington's Trades District, with space for a few other Berkeley Lab employees. Read More
ESnet Unveils Core Values
ESnet's values represent more than a year of careful work by ESnet’s all-volunteer Values Committee, engagement across the entire organization, and input from ESnet’s leadership. This process was informed by Berkeley Lab’s core values, and the end result is remarkably aligned in spirit. Read More
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
ESnet’s Confab23 Takes a Deep Dive into the Integrated Research Infrastructure
At Confab23, Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)'s second annual user-community gathering, more than 160 domain scientists, computer scientists, network engineers, DOE program managers, and user facility staff came together for meaningful conversations, idea exchange, and collaboration. Read More
ESnet SCinet Volunteers Help Create World’s Most Powerful Temporary Network
In just a few days, the world’s fastest and most powerful volunteer-built network will go live at SC in Denver. SCinet will achieve record speeds of up to 6.71 Tbps. The goal of SCinet's nearly 200 volunteers is to push the boundaries of networking technologies by supporting leading-edge workshops, demos, and collaborations. Read More
ESnet Turns on 400G Circuits to Four DOE National Labs, Supercharging Multi-Site Scientific Research
Argonne, Oak Ridge, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories and NERSC are first to have access to cutting-edge networking speeds — with more on the way. Read More
Berkeley Lab to Partner with Jefferson Lab to Build $300+ Million High Performance Data Facility Hub
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the selection of Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) as the lead for its new High Performance Data Facility Hub. Jefferson Lab will partner with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to form a joint project team led by Jefferson Lab. Read More
ESnet Releases First Annual Report
The 2022 Annual Report showcases the year’s major milestones, operational and applied research breakthroughs, and scientific partnerships. Read More
ESnet Requirements Review Program Through the IRI Lens
Guided by the Integrated Research Infrastructure Architecture Blueprint, ESnet staff undertook a meta-analysis of ESnet’s recent Requirements Review reports, looking for the three IRI Science Patterns, the broad classes of integrated research workflows with common driving features identified in the IRI framework. Read More
Two Emerging Leaders Are Networking for Their Future at ESnet
ESnet staff are sharing not only software tips but management strategies with TechWomen participants from Kazakhstan and Morocco Read More
ESnet and SURF Offer Hands-On Network Orchestration Lessons at TNC23
A sizable delegation from ESnet participated in TNC23 to share with and learn from their peers through multiple presentations, demos, and workshops, including “From Zero to Orchestrated—A Workflow Orchestrator Workshop” organized by ESnet's Chris Cummings and SURFnet's Hans Trompert and Peter Boers. Read More
ESnet’s EinR Summer Interns Are Visualizing Their Path to a STEM Career
Among this summer’s cohort of 53 Experiences in Research high school interns are three from Hawai'i and two from the Bay Area who are working on similar but different network data visualization projects for ESnet. Read More
ESnet Launches Cloud Connect Service to Support Scientific and Enterprise Workloads
ESnet's new Cloud Connect service carves out a dedicated, high-bandwidth path (up to 10 Gbps) across ESnet6’s 400GE-capable backbone from any supported user facility to the nearest cloud on-ramp. Read More
ESnet6 Honored with DOE Project Assessment Award
Energy Sciences Network’s ESnet6 project was finished more than two years ahead of schedule and significantly under budget. In recognition of this unusual feat, the DOE presented ESnet with a special Project Assessment Award. Read More
At ESnet, Innovation and Collaboration Build Solutions for Today and Tomorrow
Executive Director Inder Monga looks back on ESnet6’s launch and toward the community-based collaborations that users and stakeholders want next from ESnet. Read More