How ESnet6 enables new
smart instruments for
21st Century science
Ian Foster
Argonne National Laboratory
The University of Chicago
foster@anl.gov
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wikipedia.org
Eratosthenes
measures
earth’s diameter
in 245BC
FitzRoy creates
weather forecasts
in 1861 …
FitzRoy, The Weather Book: A Manual of Practical Meteorology, 1863
… and uses data to discover extratropical frontal cyclones
Science cares about latency, bandwidth, and reliability
Pony express (1860) from St Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California
Latency: 10 days = 864000 seconds High
Bandwidth: 50 letters x 1000 characters/letter = 50 KB / 864000 sec = 0.05 B/s Low
Reliability: Accidents, floods, hostile locals, disease, etc. Poor
ESnet has worked since 1986 to improve all three …
ESnet6 network capacity, as of May 2022
… as measured also by bisection bandwidth
1993:
0.005 Gbps
Bisection bandwidth
in Gigabit/second
2022:
500,000 Gbps
https://dashboard.globus.org/esgf Shown: Status as of March 10, 2022
4 to 6 GB/s
1.5 GB/s
Replicating 7.4 petabytes of climate data from
Livermore to Argonne and Oak Ridge National Labs
17,347,671 directories & 28,907,532 files
From February 12 to May 4, 2022
This ultra-fast, stable, and reliable network enables the
rapid assembly of new smart instruments
aining of Deep Neural Networks
ources
This ultra-fast, stable, and reliable network enables the
rapid assembly of new smart instruments
High energy diffraction microscopy: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2105.13967
7 seconds
7 + 19 + 5 = 31 s
5 seconds
19 seconds
High energy diffraction microscopy: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2105.13967
aining of Deep Neural Networks
ources
This ultra-fast, stable, and reliable network enables the
rapid assembly of new smart instruments
7 seconds
7 + 19 + 5 = 31 s
5 seconds
19 seconds
ModelTrain
This ultra-fast, stable, and reliable network enables the
rapid assembly of new smart instruments
This ultra-fast, stable, and reliable network enables the
rapid assembly of new smart instruments
ModelTrain
This ultra-fast, stable, and reliable network enables the
rapid assembly of new smart instruments
Serial synchrotron crystallography: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.06.487333
ModelTrain
Mapping of smart instruments to ESnet6-connected resources
requires an integrated research infrastructure
For example, Globus, hybrid software-as-a-service for
secure, reliable, performant data orchestration …
https://globus.org
… and for task orchestration
Polaris
Bebop
Cluster
Argonne
Leadership
Computing
Facility
Laboratory
Computing
Research
Center
Eagle store
APS
Computing
Orthros Cluster
APS DM system
Portal
server
Portal
server
Theta
Advanced
Photon
Source Key: funcX agent
Globus Connect agent
Globus-accessible
storage and
computing
(10,000s of systems)
Endpoints are widely deployed at
DOE facilities
Globus is a not-for-profit service operated for the research community
by the University of Chicago, supported by ~200 subscribing institutions
ESNet6 ushers in a new era!
An ultra-fast, predictable,
and reliable network …
… plus an integrated
research infrastructure
… enables new smart
instruments that will drive
discovery and innovation
There’s still much to be done:
• Build & apply new instruments
• Reach the white space
• Smart quantum instruments Thanks to ESnet, DOE ASCR, NSF, NIST, NIH,
Argonne, Globus team, and many other partners

ESnet6 and Smart Instruments

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    How ESnet6 enablesnew smart instruments for 21st Century science Ian Foster Argonne National Laboratory The University of Chicago foster@anl.gov
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    FitzRoy, The WeatherBook: A Manual of Practical Meteorology, 1863 … and uses data to discover extratropical frontal cyclones
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    Science cares aboutlatency, bandwidth, and reliability Pony express (1860) from St Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California Latency: 10 days = 864000 seconds High Bandwidth: 50 letters x 1000 characters/letter = 50 KB / 864000 sec = 0.05 B/s Low Reliability: Accidents, floods, hostile locals, disease, etc. Poor
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    ESnet has workedsince 1986 to improve all three … ESnet6 network capacity, as of May 2022
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    … as measuredalso by bisection bandwidth 1993: 0.005 Gbps Bisection bandwidth in Gigabit/second 2022: 500,000 Gbps
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    https://dashboard.globus.org/esgf Shown: Statusas of March 10, 2022 4 to 6 GB/s 1.5 GB/s Replicating 7.4 petabytes of climate data from Livermore to Argonne and Oak Ridge National Labs 17,347,671 directories & 28,907,532 files From February 12 to May 4, 2022
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    This ultra-fast, stable,and reliable network enables the rapid assembly of new smart instruments
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    aining of DeepNeural Networks ources This ultra-fast, stable, and reliable network enables the rapid assembly of new smart instruments High energy diffraction microscopy: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2105.13967 7 seconds 7 + 19 + 5 = 31 s 5 seconds 19 seconds
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    High energy diffractionmicroscopy: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2105.13967 aining of Deep Neural Networks ources This ultra-fast, stable, and reliable network enables the rapid assembly of new smart instruments 7 seconds 7 + 19 + 5 = 31 s 5 seconds 19 seconds ModelTrain
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    This ultra-fast, stable,and reliable network enables the rapid assembly of new smart instruments
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    This ultra-fast, stable,and reliable network enables the rapid assembly of new smart instruments ModelTrain
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    This ultra-fast, stable,and reliable network enables the rapid assembly of new smart instruments Serial synchrotron crystallography: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.06.487333
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    ModelTrain Mapping of smartinstruments to ESnet6-connected resources requires an integrated research infrastructure
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    For example, Globus,hybrid software-as-a-service for secure, reliable, performant data orchestration … https://globus.org
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    … and fortask orchestration
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    Polaris Bebop Cluster Argonne Leadership Computing Facility Laboratory Computing Research Center Eagle store APS Computing Orthros Cluster APSDM system Portal server Portal server Theta Advanced Photon Source Key: funcX agent Globus Connect agent Globus-accessible storage and computing (10,000s of systems) Endpoints are widely deployed at DOE facilities
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    Globus is anot-for-profit service operated for the research community by the University of Chicago, supported by ~200 subscribing institutions
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    ESNet6 ushers ina new era! An ultra-fast, predictable, and reliable network … … plus an integrated research infrastructure … enables new smart instruments that will drive discovery and innovation There’s still much to be done: • Build & apply new instruments • Reach the white space • Smart quantum instruments Thanks to ESnet, DOE ASCR, NSF, NIST, NIH, Argonne, Globus team, and many other partners