(IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 14, No. 6, June 2016 Performance Evaluation of High Performance Data Transfer in Grid Environment over Broadband Hybrid Satellite Constellation Communication System Anupon Boriboon Vincent Mary School of Science and Technology, Assumption University of Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Siriwhaddhanah Pongpadpinit Department of Business Information System, Martin de Tours School of Management and Economics, Assumption University of Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Abstract— This paper presents the evaluation performance of broadband hybrid satellite constellation communication system (BHSCCS) networks which provides high performance data transfer in grid network environment based on TCP protocols. The evaluated hybrid satellite network uses the COMMStellation TM constellation topology on lower orbital. We adopt the GridFTP to improve network performance. GridFTP is a high-performance, reliable data transfer protocol optimized for high-speed Internet to suitable WAN networks. The simulation results show the network performance of GridFTP which different AQMs, TCPs, PERs, over BHSCCS networks. Keywords: COMMStellation TM ; GridFTP; Hybrid Satellite; Queue; TCP I. INTRODUCTION Satellite is the only choice for long-haul wireless broadband global area network communication. Some countries with large and/or island geographic areas and/or hard-to-reach areas, such as China, India, Indonesia, are likely to benefit the greatest from satellite broadband. There are a huge big data internet accesses by users. [1] Ever-increasing demands in high-end computing and intensive data exchange, together with the cost effectiveness of high performance commodity systems, have led to massive deployment of compute and storage systems on a global scale. In such Grid-based scenarios, bulk data transfer within and across physically separate clusters or data centers has become an inescapable requirement for scientific data set distribution, content replication, remote data backup, and so forth. Generally, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is used for handling bulk data transfers. Since the earliest FTP implementation based on Transport Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), many efforts have been undertaken to improve and extend it. GridFTP, designed specifically for high-bandwidth wide area networks, has appeared as the most popular FTP implementation in the Grid environment. On the other hand, high-performance interconnections such as InfiniBand (IB) and Gigabit Ethernet/iWARP are rapidly gaining momentum for designing high-end clusters and data centers. In addition to providing high bandwidth and low latency, they provide advanced features, such as zero-copy communication and Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), which enable the design of novel communication protocols and libraries. The recent introduction of IB WAN (Wide Area Network) router allows us to extend these capabilities across multiple campuses or even across WAN distances. Hence, it is the most challenging to implement high performance data transfers in the Grid environment over broadband hybrid satellite constellation communication system. For the future generations of the internet, broadband hybrid satellite access and QoS are surrounded by the most significant issues to be solved. II. BACKGROUND AND RELATED WORKS In coherence to this research, we have implemented GridFTP, broadband hybrid satellite network, TCP over satellite, and queue management to analyze the performance evaluation based on the Broadband Hybrid Satellite Constellation Communication System (BHSCCS) topology model. A. GridFTP GridFTP [1] is a protocol extension FTP and its existing extensions are used to manage large data transfers across computational grids. GridFTP is a high-performance, secure, reliable extension of the standard FTP data transfer protocol, optimized for high-bandwidth, wide area networks. The Globus implementation of GridFTP provides a software suite optimized for a broad range of data access applications, including bulk file transfer and data extraction from complex storage systems. The following are some of the key advantages of GridFTP which are a) Performance: enhanced performance through use of parallel streams and coordinated data transfers b) Security: PKI/X.509 and SSH-based Grid security c) Robustness: restart markers allowing interrupted transfers to restart with minimal delay overhead d) Extensibility: easy-to- use Open/Close/Read/Write (OCRW) interface to users and applications. 275 https://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/ ISSN 1947-5500