StarBED Project History
1st Project: StarBED
| Date | Main content |
|---|---|
Apr. 20, 2002 |
The Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan (TAO) opened the Hokuriku IT Open Laboratory |
Apr. 20, 2002 |
Start of the construction and of the operation of StarBED as a large-scale, general-use internet simulator connecting 512 PC servers (nodes) by network switches and maintaining the plant and equipment |
History of StarBED and
the expansion of its research aims
2nd Project: StarBED2
| Date | Main content |
|---|---|
| Apr. 1, 2006 | 168 PC servers were added : A total of 680 nodes |
| June 17, 2006 | Opening of the Hokuriku Research Center. Commenced research and development of next-generation ubiquitous network simulation technology as the NICT’s onsite research and development facility |
| Apr. 1, 2007 | 150 PC servers were added : A total of 830 nodes |
| Oct. 1, 2007 | "Hokuriku Research Center Workshop (Number One/1st)" held -- StarBED Technical Workshop 2007 -- |
| Oct. 24, 2008 | "Hokuriku Research Center Workshop (Number Two/2nd)" held -- StarBED Technical Workshop 2008 -- |
| Apr. 1, 2009 | 240 PC servers were added : A total of 1,070 nodes This system can perform comprehensive experiments and verifications for hundreds to a million node level. |
| June 11, 2009 | World-leading large-scale testbed StarBED participates in the "Interop Tokyo 2009" Cloud Computing Competition |
| Dec. 8, 2009 | "Hokuriku Research Center Workshop (Number Three/3rd)" held -- StarBED Technical Workshop 2009 -- |
| Mar. 30, 2010 | "International Symposium on ICT System Testbeds" jointly held with JAIST |
| June 9, 2010 | We are bringing StarBED, the world-leading, world's largest emulation platform, to the "Interop Tokyo 2010" Cloud Computing Competition |
| Dec. 31, 2010 | Completion of 2nd Project "StarBED2" |
| Jan. 27, 2011 | "ICT Testbed Strategy 2011 ? JGN2plus StarBED Joint Symposium" held |
| Mar. 31, 2011 | Hokuriku Research Center closed due to organizational changes |
3rd Project: StarBED3 (StarBED Cubic)
| Date | Main content |
|---|---|
| Apr. 1, 2011 | Opening of the Hokuriku StarBED Technology Center as the research institution for the NICT' Network Testbed Research and Development Promotion Center. Commenced, as a large-scale emulation testbed, research and development, set targets for dealing with and R&D life cycle support for the new-generation ICT system, and continued planning mutual coordination with JGN-X |
| Apr. 1, 2011 | 512 PC servers used for ten years were discarded. 552 PC servers of high specification were newly added : A total of 1,110 nodes. |
| June 9, 2011 | World-leading large-scale testbed StarBED provided to the "Interop Tokyo 2011" Cloud Computing Competition |
| Oct. 13, 2011 | "New Generation ICT Testbed Symposium 2011" held |
| Apr. 21, 2012 | Provided virtual EC environment within StarBED for "Hardening Zero" |
| Oct. 4, 2012 | Provided virtual EC environment within StarBED for "Hardening Zero" |
| Apr. 1, 2013 | 288 PC servers of high specification were newly added : A total of 1,398 nodes. |
| July 4, 2013 | Provided virtual EC environment within StarBED for "Hardening Zero" |
| June 21, 2014 | Provided a virtual EC environment on StarBED for "Hardening 10 APAC" |
| Oct. 20, 2015 | StarBED symposium / TBWG 22nd meeting. "STC Special" held |
