Customer Success Story
Pionier-Lab supports scientific research and innovation in Poland and beyond
Overview
| Company | PSNC |
| Industry | Research |
| Products used | PTX10001-36MR, MX304, ACX7100, ACX7024 and ACX7024X |
| Region | EMEA |
700
Advance science Scalable Reliable
Education institutions, research labs, and HPC centers connected to the Pionier-Lab network
400
Scalable
Interfaces with an investment-protected path to 800G and beyond
100%
Reliable
Availability on Pionier’s core and metro networks
Support scientific research and innovation in Poland and beyond
“We are building one of the most modern networks in Europe,” said Artur Binczewski, Director, Networking Technologies Division at PSNC. “Pionier-Lab will provide the education and research community with the most advanced and innovative services.”
Pionier-Lab spans all of Poland with high-speed direct connections to research labs and data centers in Europe, such as CERN or NetherLight, and to pan-European research network GÉANT to facilitate scientific collaboration across Europe. It is also part of the EU’s European Open Science Cloud initiative, which champions the creation of a trusted, open environment for sharing scientific data.
PSNC oversaw the open tender for the new network on behalf of the Pionier-Lab consortium members. The project called for building a modern, service-provider scale network with a core that supports high-density 400G interfaces today and an investment-protected path to 800G. The aggregation network needed to support 100G and 400G, with access networks delivering its members a choice of 1/10/40G speeds.
Network scalability that just keeps going
The Pionier-Lab network relies on Juniper’s 400G core, metro, and edge routing solutions. Juniper’s proven, two-decade track record in the current Pionier network provided additional confidence. “In the past, we had 100% availability on our national and metro networks,” said Binczewski.
The core and edge networks, comprised of Juniper PTX10001-36MR Packet Transport Routers and Juniper MX304 Universal Routers, deliver the scalable capacity, high availability, and flexibility needed today and in the future. The PTX10001-36MR delivers high-density 100G and 400G in a 1 U fixed form-factor. The MX304 router scales to scales to 4.8 Tbps of throughput in a 2 RU form factor, while consuming just 0.3 Watts/Gb of throughput.
Juniper ACX7024 and ACX7100 routers are used for the metro networks connecting research labs, universities, high-performance computing centers, and individuals. The metro network functions as a distributed internet exchange so all members have high-performance connectivity wherever they are.
Fast connections enable innovation ecosystems
“Pionier-Lab will be the most modern network in Europe, allowing Polish research and education institutions to connect to high-performance computing centers in Poland and across Europe,” said Binczewski. “With Juniper, we have a scalable network with investment protection to offer virtually unlimited bandwidth to our members.”
Published September 2023