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TeRABIT (Terabit Network for Research and Academic Big Data in Italy) aims to integrate and enhance three strategic digital research infrastructures:

  • GARR-T, the network infrastructure supporting education and research in Italy.
  • PRACE-Italy, high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, the Italian node of the European PRACE infrastructure.
  • HPC-BD-AI, distributed cloud-edge computing infrastructure capable of managing high-performance computing resources, big data, and artificial intelligence applications.

GARR-T, PRACE-Italy, and HPC-BD-AI are part of the strategic infrastructures identified by the Italian Ministry of University and Research in the National Plan for Research Infrastructures 2021-2027.

TeRABIT aims to enhance these infrastructures and make them more accessible for the entire national research community.

The high-capacity national network infrastructure GARR-T will undergo improvements with connections scaling up to Terabit per second, reaching complementary geographical areas to those already covered through other interventions, reducing the digital divide for the research community.

PRACE-Italy will upgrade its Tier-1 HPC system, developing a hybrid architecture and connecting it to other EuroHPC Exascale centres such as Leonardo. Finally, HPC-BD-AI will create smaller HPC systems, available according to the edge-computing paradigm.

The technologies for access, usage, and associated services of the integrated TeRABIT system will be developed in synergy with the action of ICSC –Italian Research Center on High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing, a National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) intervention, in which TeRABIT plays a complementary role.

Project overview

  • MAIN INVESTIGATOR:

    Mauro Campanella (INFN/GARR)

  • FUNDED BY:

    NRRP – Call for proposals n° 3264 for the "Strengthening and creation of Research Infrastructures," Mission 4, "Education and Research"

  • TOTAL PROJECT INVESTMENT:

    €41M

  • PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS:

    INFN and OGS are the MUR supervisory bodies implementing the project, alongside GARR, leader of GARR-T, and CINECA, hosting the PRACE-Italy computing infrastructure and collaborating with OGS for its management.

  • PROJECT START DATE:

    1/1/2023

  • PROJECT END DATE:

    31/12/2025