CERN Selects Juniper Networks to Increase Network Capacity
for Handling Unprecedented Volumes of Data for its Scientific
Projects and Everyday Tasks
SUNNYVALE,
California , Dec. 3,
2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Juniper Networks, (NYSE: JNPR), a
leader in secure, AI-driven networks, today announced that
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), one of the
world's largest and most respected centers for scientific research,
has deployed Juniper's networking solutions to increase the
capacity of its data centers and technical network to adapt to
increasing research requirements. CERN deployed Juniper Networks®
QFX Series switches, EX Series Ethernet Switches and is evaluating
Tungsten Fabric to create a network built for extreme
computing.
CERN's mission is to learn more about how the universe works.
Home to the world-renowned Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN is
advancing the boundaries of human knowledge through breakthrough
research in fundamental physics. CERN chose Juniper Networks for
powerful, high-density switching that is ready to help unlock the
mysteries of the universe.
The LHC experiments are designed to observe up to 1.7 billion
proton-proton collisions per second and produce a data volume of
more than 7.5 terabytes per second. Only some of these events lead
to new discoveries, therefore the flow of data is filtered and
reduced to a manageable level. The LHC experiments' Trigger and
Data Acquisition Systems handle data filtering, collection and
infrastructure monitoring. Juniper's switching portfolio provides
high-throughput connectivity to support the data collection and
infrastructure monitoring.
CERN's Geneva data center
supports all of its scientific projects, experiments and
administrative systems, from spotting camera-shy pentaquarks and
charm mesons to everyday video conferencing and payroll tasks. The
data center network supports more than 15,000 servers and 260,000
processor cores. It enables researchers around the world to receive
data from the LHC experiments for analysis. In the last 12 months,
370 petabytes of data have moved across the network.
News highlights:
- To prepare its data centers for the next wave of scientific
discovery, CERN deployed Juniper's QFX10008 Ethernet Switch for the
new data center core network. The QFX10008 switch delivered on
CERN's requirements for fast, reliable connectivity and 100-Gbps
port density to support the inevitable traffic growth. The core
network can be scaled from 40 Gbps to 100 Gbps.
- The QFX Switch provides high-throughput connectivity to support
the data collection and infrastructure monitoring of the LHC
experiments. Multiple virtual router instances with different
class-of-service policies allow different traffic types, such as
management, control, data, monitoring and simulation, enhancing
redundancy, load balancing and increased network efficiency.
- Juniper's EX9200 Ethernet Switch, connecting 11,000 devices,
supports the LHC operations and experiments, as well as monitoring
and safety systems. The architecture enables a robust, reliable and
scalable technical network.
Automation has simplified the configuration and management of
400 routers and switches across CERN's campus. Open source plays a
vital role in meeting the research demands from collaborators
around the world.
Supporting Quotes:
"After electricity, networking is the most important element for
us at CERN. The physicists need the experiment data to be moved to
the data center where it's processed and sent to our partners
around the world. We also have thousands of employees who need
access to the research database and regularly need email and web
access. So, if the network doesn't work, CERN doesn't work. Juniper
has provided the network that supports the collider's operations
and experiments, as well as its data center and backbone."
- Tony Cass, IT Infrastructure
Group Lead, CERN
"Juniper is very proud to be working with CERN by putting
dynamic automation and a robust network in place and supporting the
organization to embark on the next wave of scientific discovery to
continue helping us to understand our mysterious universe."
- James Morgan, Vice
President, Enterprise Sales, EMEA Juniper Networks
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