[72261] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: concern over public peering points [WAS: Peering point speed publicly available?]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Troy Davis)
Sat Jul 3 18:39:34 2004
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 15:38:43 -0700
From: Troy Davis <troy@nack.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <16615.6503.196606.184571@ran.psg.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 01:39:03PM -0700, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
> building owners. so, though the six does have a core, it is
> also kinda splattered into switches all over the building; with
> ease of connection and low cost being achieved at the expense
> of reliability.
Though that's true, the SIX has been extremely reliable: one unscheduled
core outage in the last 3 years (about 30 minutes due to power loss). In
one other case, an extension switch (7 peers) was disconnected for about 30
minutes to troubleshoot a potential problem.
Peer-operated extension switches have also been very reliable. Most
are above 99.9% availability including scheduled maintenance and 99.99% for
unscheduled problems.
The SIX's staffed 24x7 NOC lets peers treat it like any other carrier
relationship, with one phone number to report a problem. Often the ops
staff at national networks never know the SIX is non-profit or
donation-supported.
Peers of all sizes seem happy with the reliability. Everyone has
open-posting mailing lists and an annual opportunity to elect the Board of
Directors, so there is recourse if circumstances change.
Cheers,
Troy
(SIX janitor)
