[160344] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Global caches
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kyle Camilleri)
Mon Feb 4 13:51:59 2013
From: Kyle Camilleri <Kyle.Camilleri@melitaplc.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 16:11:33 +0000
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Hi Alex,
We already have Google Cache although we don't peer with them directly.
As said earlier, what I'm after is to cache content to provide better perfo=
rmance to our customers and alleviating some bandwidth towards provider. Ta=
king an example of Global Google Cache, they provide and manage the servers=
themselves, absolutely no huge effort needed from the ISP. Making it very =
convenient.
I know of Akamai and Netfix that does this in a fairly similar way, but wou=
ld like to know if there are any other CDNs that do this.
Regards,
Kyle
From: askoorb@gmail.com [mailto:askoorb@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Alex Brooks
Sent: 04 February 2013 16:13
To: Kyle Camilleri
Subject: Re: Global caches
Hi,
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Kyle Camilleri <Kyle.Camilleri@melitaplc.co=
m<mailto:Kyle.Camilleri@melitaplc.com>> wrote:
Dear Nanog Community,
Some CDN providers such as Akamai and Google (often called Global Google Ca=
che) are offering caches to ISPs. It is very convenient for small ISPs to a=
lleviate bandwidth towards the provider, but also the CDN provider benefits=
by putting source of data closer to the user resulting in far better perfo=
rmance.
Does anybody know of any other CDN providers that offer similar caches?
I think I should give a note of caution first. Normally, CDNs will only co=
nsider you for caching if you already peer with them - in most cases the ma=
jority of any performance or cost improvements come from direct peering wit=
h a CDN first. Unfortunately, I can't find an entry for you on PeeringDB, =
but assuming that you are AS12709, you only seem to be peering with a few '=
major' networks (Vodafone Malta (AS33874) WIND Italy (AS1267), Global Cross=
ing (AS3549) and Level3 (AS3356)). If you don't (or can't) peer with, say,=
Google or Akamai, they are unlikely to invite you to join their caching sy=
stems.
I'm guessing that because you are on an Island in the middle of the Mediter=
ranean; with nobody wanting to peer on the Island, you are looking to cache=
as much as possible on the Island, as undersea cables are expensive. Is t=
his correct? If you give the list a bit more information about what the pr=
oblem you are trying to solve is, the people here are pretty good at coming=
up with solutions or putting you in contact with people who may be able to=
help.
Best wishes,
Alex
