[113540] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network SLA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Saqib Ilyas)
Wed Apr 15 06:26:29 2009
In-Reply-To: <262b67200902190750m556cf72ve2ae25e4b64378e7@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:22:52 +0500
From: Saqib Ilyas <msaqib@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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I talked to the NOC personnel at a small (compared to North American
standards) ISP in Pakistan. They said that their core links are operating at
less than 50% utilization most of the time. Under such conditions, violating
SLA conditions in the core is unlikely. If such is also the case with most
service providers in the North America as well, then why would they even use
active measurement such as iPerf or BRIX or Cisco IP SLAs before signing an
SLA?
Thanks and best regards
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Saqib Ilyas <msaqib@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings
> I am curious to know about any tools/techniques that a service provider
> uses to assess an SLA before signing it. That is to say, how does an
> administrator know if he/she can meet what he is promising. Is it based on
> experience? Are there commonly used tools for this?
> Thanks and best regards
> --
> Muhammad Saqib Ilyas
> PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering
> Lahore University of Management Sciences
>
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Muhammad Saqib Ilyas
PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering
Lahore University of Management Sciences
