Netherlight

SURFnet has set up an advanced node, NetherLight, to link data streams across the optical layer to other networks. Data is transported via NetherLight (based at the SARA computer centre in Amsterdam) across wavelengths (lambdas) in an optical fibre.

Besides linking optical networks, NetherLight forms the perfect environment for testing advanced applications for network services. NetherLight regularly enables various speed records to be broken.

NetherLight is a “GLIF Open Lightpath Exchange”. GLIF (Global Lambda Integrated Facility) is an international virtual organisation comprising national research centres that are connected with one another by means of lightpaths. GLIF enables SURFnet’s network specialists to collaborate with top individuals in the field worldwide.

NetherLight is also the European exchange for GLORIAD (Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development), a new research network that connects the Netherlands, Canada, China, Russia, South Korea, and the United States.

NetherLight is an initiative of SURFnet in the context of the GigaPort Innovation Programme.

For more information, go to www.netherlight.net