Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
17 lines (11 loc) · 662 Bytes

CERN and the LHC.md

File metadata and controls

17 lines (11 loc) · 662 Bytes

CERN and the LHC

The CERN laboratory and the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) are large users of IPv6 for massive data transfers. Some recent statistics are shown here:

Graph showing 644 Gb/s

(Image from the February 2024 data challenge at CERN.)

The CERN site itself operates a classical IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack, and uses DHCPv6 for IPv6 address assignment.