When it becomes necessary to transfer a really large volume of information that, according to scientists, even the presence of gaining momentum Google Fiber, whose task is to create the infrastructure of broadband access to the Internet at a speed of 1 Gbit / s, will not be enough. For such purposes, need access to the Energy Sciences Network - an incredibly fast web, whose speed is 100 times higher than can provide the same Google Fiber.
Of course, access to such a network does not receive exactly the one who needs to just download the last few seasons favorite series for a few seconds. Manages the Energy Sciences Network, or briefly ESnet, U.S. Department of Energy. The network is intended for scientific research. For example, access to it can get scientists working with large volumes of data from the Large Hadron Collider, or involved in the project "Human Genome". In addition, as the portal Wired, ESnet used by scientists as a testing ground for their new ideas, before opening the access to these ideas in ordinary commercial Internet.
Last November ESnet showed a top speed of data transmission in the wild. Space agency NASA has transferred 91 Gb of information from Denver (Colorado, USA) at Goddard Space Center, located in Maryland, just one second.
In ESnet are also searching for opportunities to improve network architecture.
"Researchers use the Web to explore virtual network channels, the so-called" Oscars ", which can be used to create more complex networks without the need for complex hardware changes. In addition, work is underway to improve the efficiency and speed of protective DMZ-networks "- writes Wired.
According to the head of ESnet, the future challenge is to increase the data rate up to 1 Tb/s.