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The MASTS Project A punchy talk Iain Phillips 2008 Talking about measuring a 10gig network is easier than actually doing it. History Started 2004 (Oct and December) Finished 2008 (Mar, May) and 2009 (Feb?) Loughborough (CS+EE),


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The MASTS Project

A punchy talk

Iain Phillips 2008

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Talking about measuring a 10gig network is easier than actually doing it.

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History

◮ Started 2004 (Oct and December) ◮ Finished 2008 (Mar, May) and 2009

(Feb?)

◮ Loughborough (CS+EE), Cambridge

(CL), University College London (CS+EE)

◮ Aim to instrument UKLIGHT. ◮ Make a measurement set available to

all.

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Where are we now?

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Big News

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We are capturing packets . . .

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And we’re storing them . . .

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Current Captures

◮ RAL-CERN 10Gig 2-directions - optical

tap

◮ Telecity (on SuperJanet) 10Gig -

mirroring

◮ Reading (on SuperJanet) 10Gig -

  • ptical tap
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Storage

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Store

+++ |s| +-------+

  • ---|Disk|---|M|---|w|---| Store |

+---+

  • ---|Disk|---|M|---|i|

| |---|DB |

  • ---|Disk|---|M|---|t|

| | |WWW|---&&&

  • ---|Disk|---|M|---|c|

+-------+ +---+

  • ---|Disk|---|M|---|h|

+++

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Store

+++ |s| +-------+

  • ---|Disk|---|M|---|w|---| Store |

+---+

  • ---|Disk|---|M|---|i|

| |---|DB |

  • ---|Disk|---|M|---|t|

| | |WWW|---&&&

  • ---|Disk|---|M|---|c|

+-------+ +---+ ˆ

  • ---|Disk|---|M|---|h|

YOU +++ ARE HERE

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http://data.mastsproject.org

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Legalities

Framework

◮ We have a JANET(UK) agreement to

share data

◮ This is applicable to other work

monitoring JANET

◮ Can be used as a template for other

projects

◮ 46PaQ has a Code of Practice for

Network Monitoring.

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Next

Status

◮ Capturing headers to big store ◮ Database nearly ready for users

Actions

◮ For us–finish the work ◮ For you–Fill in your AUPs

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Comming Soon

. . .

◮ Wiki ◮ Respository of user tools for data

processing

◮ Indexing in DATCAT - www.datcat.org ◮ more whacky research.