Janet6 high speed network launches to support research and education

By Kane Fulton. Can scale up to a whopping 8.8 Terabits of capacity. A new version of the high speed JANET network has been launched to support higher education and research institutions. JANET6 can scale up to 8.8 Terabits of capacity using 100-Gigabit Ethernet. Its network architecture was in development for three years and its maker, the government-funded JANET organisation, expects that its fibre infrastructure backbone will last for at least 10 years. More...