On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Avi Freedman wrote:
Agreed. IMO, the best place for these things is one hops away from an XP, either in a provider's network or behind a content provider's router that's connected to the XP.
Yes, 100%, I would pick MAE-East. MAE-East is the closest you are going to get to the world, and there is more data going over it then any other NAP. You may also want to look at putting a server up at a few NAPs, this is what we are doing now for one of our users. This will be a HUGE www audio provider, and they need fast access with as little delay as possible. We will be providing them colo at MAE-East, MAE-West, and Chicago NAP. The people they are accessing the site will then hit a image map and get served out of the closest server.
The fact that MAE-East is the busiest exchange point in the world should push you to locate servers elsewhere, IMHO. There are many providers who really don't want more traffic at MAE-East. With all the overload happening now and the lack of additional connections to share traffic, do you really want to add significant content to the bargain? Karl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Mueller karl@best.net (415) 944-8228 Sr. Network Engineer Best Internet Communications, Inc. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------