Mastering FABRIC: Tips and Tricks
Date: February 18, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
Join us on February 18, 2025, from 3 to 4:30 PM ET, for the next session in our Mastering FABRIC: Tips and Tricks Webinar Series. This engaging session, led by Justas Balcas, will explore Routed Networks with Performance Enhancements via Hardware Offload and offer a comprehensive look at how cutting-edge advancements are shaping the future of network performance.
The webinar will begin with an overview of the innovative work on the CERN rack, utilizing FRR routers and hardware offload to achieve significant performance gains. Justas will highlight how FABRIC’s advanced infrastructure has been instrumental in the success of these efforts, providing the tools and support necessary to push the boundaries of networking capabilities.
Justas will showcase advanced cyberinfrastructure services, including FABRIC and NRP resource integration demonstrations for end-to-end workflows, exemplified by LHC data transfers with ESnet SENSE’s on-demand network guarantees over multiple network domains. The demonstration will also feature SmartNIC-based services using VPP and DPDK technologies to optimize data transfer and offload BGP control to a Software Router-based solution. These innovations aim to redefine resource management and scientific workflows across wide-area networks, including exploring the JupyterHub resources developed to streamline experimentation and collaboration. The session will conclude with an interactive Q&A segment, allowing attendees to engage directly with the presenter and gain valuable insights for applying these techniques to their research.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn practical tips and tricks for leveraging FABRIC to enhance your networking experiments. Register now to secure your spot!
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Presenter
Justas Balcas is a Software Engineer at ESnet, specializing in software-defined networking and scalable infrastructures for scientific workflows through the SENSE project. With extensive experience at CERN and Caltech, he has managed Tier-2 scientific computing clusters, designed on-premises Kubernetes environments, and integrated advanced network services in a distributed computing environments. His expertise spans grid computing, Kubernetes, and automation tools like Ansible and Puppet. Justas has contributed to global scientific collaborations, including CMS at the LHC, and has co-authored publications on topics such as software-defined networking for exascale science and distributed data analysis systems.