MAX Network Performance Workshop: College Park, Maryland

Agenda -- Participants-- Prerequisites -- Logistical Information -- Presentations -- Workshop Locations

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5-6 December 2005
The University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland


The increasing reliance on network connectivity in all aspects of campus activities is resulting in increased pressure on support staff to quickly resolve network problems. Through participation in performance measurement networks, GigaPoP engineers, campus engineers and end-users can now work together to resolve end-to-end performance problems. The measurement infrastructure is most effectively leveraged when all paths within the network and servers on the edge support on-demand testing beacons. This workshop brings together representatives from various MAX campuses to maximize these networking efforts.

Internet2's End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi) is working to establish a performance measurement infrastructure across Internet2 campuses and labs, performing analysis of the end-to-end path, and establishing a normal operational mode where network operations, applications, and the end-user easily can determine network capabilities and restrictions.

After this workshop, you will have placed measurement beacons on your campus and learned to use related tests and tools, thus reducing the time required to identify, locate and resolve many of the most common network performance issues by readily isolating the problem.

NOTE: We will continue to publish documents, links, and other information so please check here for updates.

Meeting Information:

• Registration
  Registration costs $200/person and is available online at: MAX-Network-Performance-Workshop-Registration
    
• Agenda
  This hands-on workshop is scheduled for December 5 (from 1 - 5:30 pm) and 6 (from 8:00 am - 5 pm) at the Maryland 4-H Center (adjacent to the University of Maryland campus). The agenda is available here. An OPTIONAL preparatory session will be held on December 5 from 9:00 - Noon, open to all participants, to ensure they have the required hardware pre-configured; if you are interested in this session, please inform Susan Evett, Performance Architecture and Technologies, Internet2.
    
• Participants
  A list of meeting attendees is available here.
    
• Logistical Information
  Information on such logistical information as the meeting location, lodging, parking, alternative transportation, and restaurants is available here.
    
• Presentations
  Links to presentations from the workshop will be available here.


• Documentation
  A copy of the business case [Word] provided in the Workshop materials is available. See also the Binder Materials page for links to each of the cookbooks and case studies.