On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 10:15:48AM -0400, Drew Weaver wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Jon Lewis [mailto:jlewis@lewis.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 10:00 AM
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I manage a network that's primarily a hosting network. There's a similar hosting network at the other end of the building. We both have multiple gigs of transit. We don't peer with each other. Perhaps we should, because the cost of the connection would be negligible (I think we already have multiple fiber pairs between our suites), but looking at my sampled netflow data, I'm guessing we average about 100kbit/s or less traffic in each direction between us. At that low a level, is it even worth the time and trouble to coordinate setting up a peering connection, much less tying up a gigE port at each end? -----
100kbit/s at <1ms is better than 100kbit/s at > 1ms.
True, but the point being made is: how *much* better? Is it enough better to justify the cost of installing and maintaining another peering link? - Matt -- "Ah, the beauty of OSS. Hundreds of volunteers worldwide volunteering their time inventing and implementing new, exciting ways for software to suck." -- Toni Lassila, in the Monastery