What Resources Are in GENI (and what are they good for)?
This table gives new GENI users a quick and easy way to see what testbed / framework might be useful for their experiment. Each of the groups listed under here has a page which describes the tools and facilities available for their users. The list is sorted by scale.
Testbed Name | Cluster | Physical connectivity | Layer 2 Control | Layer 3 Control | Scale | Programming environment | Restrictions
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Million Node GENI / Seattle | C | Real end user networks | None | None | ~3K nodes | Python based VM | TCP / UDP traffic only, see AUP
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PlanetLab | B | Edu networks | Some via OpenFlow | Limited RAW sockets, VINI | ~1K nodes | Linux VM | See AUP
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ProtoGENI | C | Machine room, real switches, etc. | OpenFlow, VLANs across the WAN, | None | ~500 nodes | Any OS VM | See AUP
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ORCA | D | Machine room, real switches, etc. | ?? | ?? | ~500 nodes | Any OS VM | Allows disruptive experiments, see AUP
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ORBIT | E | WiMax | None | None | ??? nodes | Python based VM | ??
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GpENI | B | Edu networks | OpenFlow, ?? | Limited RAW sockets, VINI, ?? | ~200 nodes | Linux VM | See AUP
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