To ensure that the university has the network it needs to remain a leader in data intensive science, attract the best faculty, students, and staff and enable the next generation of research, ITS Infrastructure Networking group is transforming and revolutionizing the university’s network architecture. The measured annual growth rate in internet traffic of 31% inbound / 22% outbound, means network capacity is currently doubling about every 3 years. Internal flows between data centers for research needs are taxing the limits of the current firewall and deployed IPS solutions.
The networking team is working on deploying network border infrastructure security based on LBL ZEEK; validating different vendor solution for the future core network; reducing manual, repetitive network administration work through automation; deploying network metrics framework and developing and, in collaboration with the academic, research and administrative units, establishing effective network governance processes.
With this presentation, the ITS Infrastructure Networking group will provide an overview of all the in-flight and planned initiatives that will support further advancements of the U-M teaching and research mission.
