The National Research Platform - Nautilus Kubernetes Cluster

Explore the National Research Platform (NRP) and its flagship Nautilus Kubernetes cluster in this 33-minute conference talk from NANOG. Discover how this globally distributed infrastructure addresses critical challenges in modern cyberinfrastructure, including architectural fragmentation in the post-Moore's Law era and growing demand for research resources. Learn about Nautilus's impressive specifications spanning three continents with over 1,400 GPUs, more than 50 FPGAs, and diverse storage systems including Ceph, S3, and OSDF. Understand the platform's open architecture and collaborative tools like JupyterHub and Coder that enable seamless scientific collaboration across disciplines and geographic boundaries. Examine the NRP's provisioning model with particular focus on network infrastructure and its role as a research testbed. Gain insights into smart network experimentation capabilities, including AutoGOLE/SENSE integration for automated, high-speed provisioning across various backbones and interoperability with multiple federated testbeds. See demonstrations of reproducible use cases featuring P4-programmable FPGA SmartNICs for edge programmability, segment routing, and high-precision per-packet telemetry, presented by Mohammad Firas Sada from the San Diego Supercomputer Center.