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Re: Traffic between 10Gig & 1Gig Switches

by David Farmer

I looks like it is going to SDN and Airstream for the most part. There are two short term solutions; 1. move those to the CNS switch, I have Copper SFPs I can loan if necessary. 2. I can stop announcing those AS to the Akamai route collector. The longer term solution is to get the Juniper switches installed. On 5/18/11 16:52 CDT, Steve Howard wrote: > The traffic to/from the U shot up today. I'm guessing that is CDN related? > > The link between the CNS switch and the MICE switch shot up to ~850Mbps > today. Too bad that is only a single gig connection! > > It is great to have the traffic on the exchange, but we should probably > deal with this nearly saturated link fast. Here are a few possible > solutions: > > 1) Add another Gig connection. We'd probably need to pay FWR for a > cross-connect (CNS is paying for the first one) with this option; > > 2) Use one of the new Juniper switches with a 10Gig interface and > connect that to a 10Gig interface on the existing MICE 10Gig switch, > then move some of the 1Gig members over to those ports. This would > require purchase of 10Gig optics for the Juniper and the existing 10Gig > MICE switch; > > 3) Move some of the higher bandwidth MICE members to the 1Gig ports on > the 10Gig switch. Would this increase the FWR cross-connect charges > for those members if they are going from copper to fiber? > > 4) Encourage MICE members on the 1Gig switch to upgrade to a 10Gig > connection; > > 5) Ask the U to not advertise some of the members on the 1Gig switch to > CDNs (if that is the cause of the traffic load). This is a bummer if > you are one of the networks that gets left out. I really don't like > this option -- we are finally getting real traffic on the exchange and > then we'd be cutting back. > > What does everybody think? Any other suggestions? > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 =============================================== ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1

May 18, 2011

Traffic between 10Gig & 1Gig Switches

by Steve Howard

The traffic to/from the U shot up today. I'm guessing that is CDN related? The link between the CNS switch and the MICE switch shot up to ~850Mbps today. Too bad that is only a single gig connection! It is great to have the traffic on the exchange, but we should probably deal with this nearly saturated link fast. Here are a few possible solutions: 1) Add another Gig connection. We'd probably need to pay FWR for a cross-connect (CNS is paying for the first one) with this option; 2) Use one of the new Juniper switches with a 10Gig interface and connect that to a 10Gig interface on the existing MICE 10Gig switch, then move some of the 1Gig members over to those ports. This would require purchase of 10Gig optics for the Juniper and the existing 10Gig MICE switch; 3) Move some of the higher bandwidth MICE members to the 1Gig ports on the 10Gig switch. Would this increase the FWR cross-connect charges for those members if they are going from copper to fiber? 4) Encourage MICE members on the 1Gig switch to upgrade to a 10Gig connection; 5) Ask the U to not advertise some of the members on the 1Gig switch to CDNs (if that is the cause of the traffic load). This is a bummer if you are one of the networks that gets left out. I really don't like this option -- we are finally getting real traffic on the exchange and then we'd be cutting back. What does everybody think? Any other suggestions? ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1

May 18, 2011

WOW!!!

by David Farmer

Between 1:30 and 2:00 today Akamai started sending traffic to someone (or multiple someones) on MICE from our 10G connected stack of servers to the tune of about 800Mbps or more, and its still going. How full are the links between the switches? :) let me know if I need to do something on my side. http://perfsonar.northernlights.gigapop.net/gui/cacti/graph.php?action=view… FYI, those graphs are in MBytes/sec multiply by 8 for Mbps. COOL!!! -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 =============================================== ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1

May 18, 2011

Bandwidth Testing Tool

by David Farmer

On 5/18/11 10:13 CDT, Doug McIntyre wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:43:11AM -0500, David Farmer wrote: >> We are routing traffic now, IPv4 only for now. I need to clean up a >> number of route map issues for IPv6 before routing it. I should have >> that cleaned up tomorrow. > > Cool, looking good here. > > Nice to have sub millisec pings to the U of MN network. Here is a bandwidth testing tool you can use and tell you more than just round trip time. http://infotech-sv-62.ggnet.umn.edu:7123/ Check out the "More Details" and "Statistics" buttons too, lots of cool network engineer level details. -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 =============================================== ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1

May 18, 2011

Re: UMN connected?

by Doug McIntyre

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:43:11AM -0500, David Farmer wrote: > We are routing traffic now, IPv4 only for now. I need to clean up a > number of route map issues for IPv6 before routing it. I should have > that cleaned up tomorrow. Cool, looking good here. Nice to have sub millisec pings to the U of MN network. -- Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> -- ipHouse/Goldengate/Bitstream/ProNS -- Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1

May 18, 2011

Re: UMN connected?

by David Farmer

We are routing traffic now, IPv4 only for now. I need to clean up a number of route map issues for IPv6 before routing it. I should have that cleaned up tomorrow. On 5/16/11 17:19 CDT, Mike Horwath wrote: > On 5/16/11 5:16 PM, "David Farmer"<farmer(a)umn.edu> wrote: > >> Yes we are connected, I am waiting on change control before we start >> accepting any routes or start announcing any routes. I hope to have >> news tomorrow, when we plan to make it happen. Besides I needed bring >> up the peering sessions to get a better idea of the impact of the change >> and to do a little analysis. >> >> FYI, we will be adding to the MLPA approximately 427 IPv4 routes, not >> quite doubling the number of IPv4 routes, consisting of well over 3 >> million IPv4 addresses, more than doubling and probably tripling the >> number of IPv4 addresses available to the MLPA. That includes a couple >> of other local commercial peers we currently have, our 10G connected >> Akamai stack, and all of our GigaPOP Participants. I will be >> encouraging our commercial peers to connect directly to MICE in the >> future. > > I am excited! > -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 =============================================== ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1

May 18, 2011

Re: MICE Presentation at Vaultas?

by John Unger

Jay Hanke is doing the presentation at our Grand Opening Celebration Event.. we have large scale bandwidth available for most any application. We did not have plans to broadcast the presentation but if someone is interested we have the available resources. Thanks, John A. Unger President 13033 Ridgedale Drive Suite 330 Minnetonka, MN 55305 D: 612.238.1601 C: 612.325-2909 john(a)vaultas.com Vaultas Alexandria, LLC 720 Hawthorne Street PO Box 546 Alexandria, MN 56308 D: 320.759.5800 Vaultas St Cloud, LLC 3701 18th Street South St Cloud, MN 56303 D: 320.443.6700 This message is intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any misdirected transmission. If you received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone at 612.325.2909 and immediately delete this message from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, distribute or copy any part of this message. -----Original Message----- From: MICE Discuss [mailto:MICE-DISCUSS@LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET] On Behalf Of Steve Howard Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 11:02 AM To: MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET Subject: [MICE-DISCUSS] MICE Presentation at Vaultas? Hello, I had an e-mail forwarded my way that indicates that MICE will be doing a presentation at John Unger's new data center in Alexandria next week. I'm curious, who is doing the presentation? What are the options to connect to MICE from Alexandria? Also, I was at an IPv6 presentation last week at the Tristate Operators Conference. The speaker asked about how many people were using IPv6. We were the only company that raised our hands. Sad. During the question/answer period I mentioned MICE and that you could get free IPv6 transit via Hurricane Electric if you are connected to MICE. Nobody indicated any interest. More sadness. At least they've now heard about MICE. Steve ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1

May 17, 2011

Re: Recruitment / Advertising to MICE

by Andrew Hoyos

I've got a contact at Qwest/CenturyLink from the InteropNet - I'll see what I can drum up. On May 11, 2011, at 9:03 PM, Frank Bulk wrote: > Are Comcast and CenturyLink/Qwest at 511 already? If so, I’m sure MICE members would have some contacts… > > Frank > > From: MICE Discuss [mailto:MICE-DISCUSS@LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET] On Behalf Of Justin Krejci > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 7:44 PM > To: MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET > Subject: [MICE-DISCUSS] Recruitment / Advertising to MICE > > Hello List, > > US Internet is in the process of getting connected to the network. In fact I plan to pop down to FWR this evening still and plug in the cross connect on my way home. > > In any case I only became aware of MICE thru unrelated discussions with WIN who mentioned it to me and passed me Jay's contact info which brings me to the subject at hand, is there any effort or interest in making a more official recruitment effort to get networks and providers to join up? I realize MICE is still pretty new and fresh but it strikes me it is only as useful as the networks that are participating. I think it would be great if we got Comcast and Qwest (CenturyLink, whatever) in particular to join up as they have big local networks in town. > > I also scanned some of the archives and was interested in the whole CDN participation idea. Any news on that at all with Akamai or others for that matter? Also are there any plans on the table for future UG meetings for MICE? > > > -Justin Krejci > > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1

May 17, 2011

MICE Presentation at Vaultas?

by Steve Howard

Hello, I had an e-mail forwarded my way that indicates that MICE will be doing a presentation at John Unger's new data center in Alexandria next week. I'm curious, who is doing the presentation? What are the options to connect to MICE from Alexandria? Also, I was at an IPv6 presentation last week at the Tristate Operators Conference. The speaker asked about how many people were using IPv6. We were the only company that raised our hands. Sad. During the question/answer period I mentioned MICE and that you could get free IPv6 transit via Hurricane Electric if you are connected to MICE. Nobody indicated any interest. More sadness. At least they've now heard about MICE. Steve ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1

May 17, 2011

Re: 2011 Q2 Steering Committee Election Results

by Owen DeLong

But you did skip the MICE UG meeting. :p Owen On May 16, 2011, at 6:04 PM, Reid Fishler wrote: > Still, I was there...and I stopped by 511... > On May 16, 2011 6:02 PM, "Mike Horwath" <drechsau(a)iphouse.net> wrote: > > > > On 5/16/11 7:38 PM, "Reid Fishler" <rfishler(a)HE.NET> wrote: > > > > >I was there for MNTE. > > > > I am not a telecomm. > > > > -- > > Mike Horwath ipHouse - Welcome home! drechsau(a)iphouse.net > > The universe is an island, surrounded by whatever it is > > that surrounds universes. - Berkeley Fortune > > > > ######################################################################## > > > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > > > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1

May 17, 2011