[swinog] Re: Research project on Sustainable Networking

-- Romain On 21/06/2024 16:24, Mueller Urs SBB CFF FFS wrote: > > Hello Romain > > Could you please go into more detail concerning the phrase: > > /the Pi needs to be connected to a publicly reachable network via RJ45/// > > Does this mean, you want to be able to remote to this pi? Or does the > pi only <send> data and it would be ok to have it behind a firewall? > > How about router with dual power supply? > > You may also contact me off list for more informations, perhaps we may > share such data. > > Kind regards, Urs > > SBB AG > > Poststrasse 6, 3072 Ostermundigen > > urs.bf.mueller@sbb.ch mailto:urs.bf.mueller@sbb.ch / www.sbb.ch > http://www.sbb.ch/ > > *Von: *Romain Jacob via swinog swinog@lists.swinog.ch > *Datum: *Donnerstag, 20. Juni 2024 um 17:00 > *An: *swinog@lists.swinog.ch swinog@lists.swinog.ch > *Cc: *Vanbever Laurent lvanbever@ethz.ch > *Betreff: *[swinog] Research project on Sustainable Networking > > Dear all, > > My name is Romain; I’m a researcher at ETH Zürich working with Laurent > Vanbever. I have led projects on sustainable networking for about 2+ > years now. > > One important challenge the academic community currently faces is the > lack of quality data for the energy a router or switch consumes. To > address this, we work on fine-grained power modeling of network > devices, and we need data to validate their accuracy “in the wild.” To > facilitate that, we worked to realize the vision of “RIPE Atlas for > power data” I pitched at last winter’s RIPE meeting > https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1143/. And I’m happy to say > that we are ready to start distributing measurement units! > > Concretely, we are looking for people willing to > > * Install measurement units in series of each PSU of routers and > switches. The measurement unit is an MCP39F511N > https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tool/ADM00706 power > meter combined with a Raspberry Pi for management and data collection: > > We will provide the appropriate cabling. To control the unit, the Pi > needs to be connected to a publicly reachable network via RJ45 (WiFi > connectivity is technically possible as well, but requires additional > setup) > > * Share device-specific data with us, including at minima > > o Packet and/or byte counters for the active device interfaces. > o Types and numbers of transceivers plugged in. > > and optionally > > o PSU-internal measurements > o Operating system version > o Fan speeds > o CPU load > o Average room temperature conditions > > * Let the measurement run for at least one week. > * Send us back the measurement units (we provide pre-labeled > packaging for that). > > In return, we can only offer our sincere gratitude and the guarantee > that your effort will contribute to the progress of science! I know it > s not much, but I hope that’s worth something :-) > > ➡️ If you are interested, please let me know by replying to this > email. Thank you in advance! > > Note: We want to publish the collected data (in an anonymized way), > but that is *optional*. If you are willing to contribute but your > organization opposes the data sharing, we won’t publish it, and we > will sign NDAs if necessary. > > Thank you again for reading! Looking forward to hearing from you, > > -- > > *Romain JACOB* > > Postdoctoral Researcher > > ETH Zurich > > Networked Systems Group (NSG) > > Lead: Prof. Laurent Vanbever > > www.romainjacob.net https://www.romainjacob.net/ > @RJacobPartner https://twitter.com/RJacobPartner > @jacobr@discuss.systems https://discuss.systems/@jacobr > > Gloriastrasse 35, ETZ G81 > 8092 Zurich > +41 7 68 16 88 22 > -- Romain JACOB Postdoctoral Researcher ETH Zurich Networked Systems Group (NSG) Lead: Prof. Laurent Vanbever www.romainjacob.net https://www.romainjacob.net/ @RJacobPartner https://twitter.com/RJacobPartner @jacobr@discuss.systems https://discuss.systems/@jacobr Gloriastrasse 35, ETZ G81 8092 Zurich +41 7 68 16 88 22