What’s New with FABRIC?
An update from Ilya Baldin, FABRIC Principal Investigator
We are shipping hanks! The development hanks at RENCI, UKY and LBNL are installed and undergoing testing. STAR hank is in transit, expected to be delivered by the end of January. We have placed equipment orders for MAX and University of Utah hanks and expect to shortly order University of Michigan, UMass Amherst/MGHPCC and TACC. We expect to order and install nine more before September.
Software development is proceeding as planned; we hope to have limited demos presented during the April experimenter workshop with early experiments starting in the summer of this year, based on a limited set of nodes/links we have deployed so far.
Last, more event planning is underway as FAB kicks off this February and we begin to plan for the April workshop.
Anticipated FABRIC Topology
Curious what will be completed in phase one, phase two, or what countries FAB includes? Visit our website and click through the interactive map to discover more about the anticipated FABRIC topology.
We Want Your Feedback
Design Documents
Last month, we shared 12 new or updated design documents with the community, which can be found on the FABRIC website. We ask that you send any feedback regarding the Network Services and Peering document to fabric-info@renci.org by February 5th. Feedback on any of the other documents can be sent by March 1st.
The full list of documentation includes:
- Glossary
- Node Design
- Topology Design
- Functional Design
- Combined Software Design
- Control Framework Design
- Information Model
- Portal and System Services
- Network Services and Peering
- Measurement Framework Design
- Site Questionnaire
- Partner Security Questionnaire
Facility Partners Workshop Was a Success!
Dec. 3-4, 2020
Another workshop is in the books! We had an enthralling two days of presentations and discussions, including from our FAB Partners, FABRIC Leadership Team, Paul Barford, and an “Understanding Community Connections & Challenges” panel. You can read the full report on our website.
Did you attend the workshop? We would love to hear your feedback! Please fill out this short workshop evaluation survey if you haven’t done so yet.
3rd FABRIC Workshop: Experimenters
April 8-9, 2021
FABRIC is almost here and we are excited to share the progress we’ve made! The goal of this workshop is to introduce FABRIC to experimenters and those considering experimenting. We will share information about deployed sites, recent decisions that could affect your experiments, and demos of FABRIC’s current capabilities. Additionally, we will share the planned timeline, including future site deployment and testbed access. More information can be found on our website.
This workshop is open to everyone – industry, academic, government, and international researchers. Register today!
NSF Funds Seven New Campus Cyberinfrastructure Projects Using FABRIC
The NSF Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) program invests in coordinated campus-level networking and cyberinfrastructure improvements, innovation, integration, and engineering for science applications and distributed research projects. We are excited to be working with seven awardees from this CC* solicitation (NSF 20-507) as they use FABRIC to perform experimental deployment, protocol testing, and evaluation. Read the post release here.
Do you have a project idea that would benefit from using FABRIC? We are interested in working with you. Apply for a Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) grant – the solicitation’s next deadline is March 1, 2021.
See a list of all solicitations mentioning FABRIC on our website.