Mark, I would go for option B as well, as long as you can thoroughly verify that you're achieving a completely diverse path. That way as you grow, assuming you keep the links the same size over the years you're at 2/3 capacity in an outage not 1/2 capacity. The verify it's actually redundant can be tricky as providers will try to hide situations when they are in a common path or common cable sheath with other carriers. Around us, almost all of the carriers that are not ILEC and not MSO end up mostly using the same 1990s CLEC fiber network.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 2:33 PM Mark - Myakka Technologies <[email protected]> wrote: > We are starting to get close enough on upstream bandwidth, where I > need to start thinking about getting some more. > > Currently we have two 10G ports going to two different data centers. > With the internet connections, IX links and current hardware, I can > pull about 8GB max from each port. Currently in peak times we pull a > total of about 4-5 gbps on one line and about 3-4 gbps on the other. > It is manageable now, until an upstream goes down during peak times. > That has only happened once and it was a bit dicey. > > The question is which would be "better"? > > A. Upgrade the two pipes to 20/40/100G whatever is the standard now. > Buy new hardware to handle the new speeds needed. > > B. Build out a 9 mile fiber run to a possible POP where I can > possibly grab some dark fiber or at least another 10G and run to a > possible 3rd data center. > > I personally like B, being I can push upgrading the other two links > down the road. This is a rural area, but a state road, so the fiber > install won't be cheap. However, I can possibly pick up 10-15 > customers along the way with the possibility of getting more as things > build out. > > Currently the two upstreams balance themselves out. I don't > have any fancy code doing load balancing. If I add a third to the > mix, I'm not sure how well they will balance out. > > Just trying to figure out pros and cons of each. > > > -- > > Thanks, > Mark mailto:[email protected] > > Myakka Technologies, Inc. > www.Myakka.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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