[3566] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: T3 or not to T3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Mueller)
Mon Jul 22 11:54:26 1996
From: Karl Mueller <karl@best.com>
To: nathan@netrail.net (Nathan Stratton)
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 08:47:54 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: dorian@cic.net, freedman@netaxs.com, stuart@pa.dec.com, michael@memra.com,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.92.960722100954.6686D-100000@netrail.net> from "Nathan Stratton" at Jul 22, 96 10:17:38 am
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>
> > 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
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Karl Mueller karl@best.net (415) 944-8228
Sr. Network Engineer Best Internet Communications, Inc.
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