The GARR optical fiber digital infrastructure is operational to support seismic and volcanic monitoring activities in real time
With the connection of the historic headquarters of the Vesuvius Observatory of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (OV-INGV), created by the GARR network, an area characterized by a strong digital divide has finally been reached by optical fiber. The headquarters of the Vesuvius Observatory of INGV is in fact located on Colle del Salvatore, 608 meters above sea level and can only be reached from the road that leads from Herculaneum to the crater of Vesuvius.
This site, founded in 1841 by the will of the King of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand II of Bourbon, was the first volcanological observatory in the world and, currently, has a strategic role for monitoring Vesuvius, an area today with a high population density.
The optical fiber connection of the Herculaneum site to the GARR national network, dedicated to education and research, will allow for the expansion of Vesuvius' multi-parameter monitoring activities and represents an important step forward in terms of reliability and efficiency. The location of the observatory, at an altitude on the side of the volcano, is also strategic for collecting monitoring data from other observation points in the area, from Campi Flegrei to Ischia. The fiber link will allow a double link for the institute towards the national backbone and a new communication channel free from the typical interference of over the air channels. In this way, the operational continuity of the Ercolano site is guaranteed, making it independent - from the point of view of connectivity - from the OV operational site in Naples.
“Having reached our historic headquarters with optical fiber is a result of extremely high technological value which will allow us not only to consolidate and enhance our scientific and monitoring activities, but also to offer visitors to the annexed Museum new educational paths, connectivity-based training and dissemination", comments the Director of the Vesuvius Observatory of INGV, Francesca Bianco.
“One of GARR's most important objectives is to guarantee all researchers the best conditions for doing research regardless of the location of their offices.” declared Claudia Battista, coordinator of the Network Department and deputy director of GARR. "The connection we inaugurated today makes us particularly happy because it was the result of work and a significant investment, which once again demonstrates the value and uniqueness of the Italian research network, because no commercial operator would have had an interest to make it happen".
The historic site is currently equipped with a double broadband hiperLAN radio link for communications directed towards the operational headquarters of the OV, which is located in that part of the Phlegrean caldera which insists in the city of Naples, and a WAN bonding system for the traffic balancing on multiple paths. Furthermore, through the connectivity on the GARR infrastructure, the office exchanges data continuously with the other INGV operations rooms and with the responsible institutions, both local and national, such as for example the Department of Civil Protection (DPC).
With the headquarters of the Vesuvius Observatory, the INGV offices connected with the GARR network reach 17, some of which are in areas of strong digital divide such as the headquarters in Nicolosi (CT) on the slopes of Etna, the Stromboli Info Point and the Geophysical Observatory of Lipari, headquarters of strategic centers for the monitoring of Aeolian volcanoes or the headquarters of Portopalo di Capopassero (SR), a fundamental node of the EMSO initiative which hosts a network of marine observatories for monitoring and studying geophysical processes , oceanographic and biological processes that take place in the deep ocean.
In 2021, the total traffic exchanged on the GARR network by the INGV offices was equal to over 2 PB, a volume of data destined to grow rapidly, just think that in the first months of 2022 alone, the average monthly traffic increased by 50% compared to the 'last year.
With the connection of the historic headquarters of the Vesuvius Observatory of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (OV-INGV), created by the GARR network, an area characterized by a strong digital divide has finally been reached by optical fiber. The headquarters of the Vesuvius Observatory of INGV is in fact located on Colle del Salvatore, 608 meters above sea level and can only be reached from the road that leads from Herculaneum to the crater of Vesuvius.
This site, founded in 1841 by the will of the King of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand II of Bourbon, was the first volcanological observatory in the world and, currently, has a strategic role for monitoring Vesuvius, an area today with a high population density.
The optical fiber connection of the Herculaneum site to the GARR national network, dedicated to education and research, will allow for the expansion of Vesuvius' multi-parameter monitoring activities and represents an important step forward in terms of reliability and efficiency. The location of the observatory, at an altitude on the side of the volcano, is also strategic for collecting monitoring data from other observation points in the area, from Campi Flegrei to Ischia. The fiber link will allow a double link for the institute towards the national backbone and a new communication channel free from the typical interference of over the air channels. In this way, the operational continuity of the Ercolano site is guaranteed, making it independent - from the point of view of connectivity - from the OV operational site in Naples.
“Having reached our historic headquarters with optical fiber is a result of extremely high technological value which will allow us not only to consolidate and enhance our scientific and monitoring activities, but also to offer visitors to the annexed Museum new educational paths, connectivity-based training and dissemination", comments the Director of the Vesuvius Observatory of INGV, Francesca Bianco.
“One of GARR's most important objectives is to guarantee all researchers the best conditions for doing research regardless of the location of their offices.” declared Claudia Battista, coordinator of the Network Department and deputy director of GARR. "The connection we inaugurated today makes us particularly happy because it was the result of work and a significant investment, which once again demonstrates the value and uniqueness of the Italian research network, because no commercial operator would have had an interest to make it happen".
The historic site is currently equipped with a double broadband hiperLAN radio link for communications directed towards the operational headquarters of the OV, which is located in that part of the Phlegrean caldera which insists in the city of Naples, and a WAN bonding system for the traffic balancing on multiple paths. Furthermore, through the connectivity on the GARR infrastructure, the office exchanges data continuously with the other INGV operations rooms and with the responsible institutions, both local and national, such as for example the Department of Civil Protection (DPC).
With the headquarters of the Vesuvius Observatory, the INGV offices connected with the GARR network reach 17, some of which are in areas of strong digital divide such as the headquarters in Nicolosi (CT) on the slopes of Etna, the Stromboli Info Point and the Geophysical Observatory of Lipari, headquarters of strategic centers for the monitoring of Aeolian volcanoes or the headquarters of Portopalo di Capopassero (SR), a fundamental node of the EMSO initiative which hosts a network of marine observatories for monitoring and studying geophysical processes , oceanographic and biological processes that take place in the deep ocean.
In 2021, the total traffic exchanged on the GARR network by the INGV offices was equal to over 2 PB, a volume of data destined to grow rapidly, just think that in the first months of 2022 alone, the average monthly traffic increased by 50% compared to the 'last year.
