We can absolutely help and will gladly donate. I’ll reach out to Joah, anyone else want to coordinate?
-Ben Ms. Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO b...@6by7.net <mailto:b...@6by7.net> "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the world.” FCC License KJ6FJJ > On May 12, 2020, at 4:45 AM, Jared Brown <nanog-...@mail.com> wrote: > > Hello all! > > Last week the Internet Archive upgraded their bandwidth 30% from 47 Gbps to > 62 Gbps. It was all gobbled up immediately. There's a lovely solid green > graph showing how usage grows vertically as each interface comes online until > it too is 100% saturated. Looking at the graph legend you can see that their > usage for the past 24 hours averages 49.76G on their 50G of transport. > > To see the pretty pictures follow the below link: > https://blog.archive.org/2020/05/11/thank-you-for-helping-us-increase-our-bandwidth/ > > Relevant parts from the blog post: > "A year ago, usage was 30Gbits/sec. At the beginning of this year, we were at > 40Gbits/sec, and we were handling it. ... > > Then Covid-19 hit and demand rocketed to 50Gbits/sec and overran our network > infrastructure’s ability to handle it. So much so, our network statistics > probes had difficulty collecting data (hence the white spots in the graphs). > > We bought a second router with new line cards, and got it installed and > running (and none of this is easy during a pandemic), and increased our > capacity from 47Gbits/sec peak to 62Gbits/sec peak. And we are handling it > better, but it is still consumed." > > It is obvious that the Internet Archive needs more bandwidth to power the > Wayback machine and to fulfill its mission of being the Internet library and > the historic archive of our times. > > The Internet Archive is present at Digital Realty SFO (200 Paul) and a member > of the San Francisco Metropolitan Internet Exchange (SFMIX). > I appeal to all list members present or capable of getting to these > facilities to peer with and/or donate bandwidth to the Internet Archive. > I appeal to all vendors and others with equipment that they can donate to the > Internet Archive to contact them so that they can scale their services and > sustain their growth. > > The Internet Archive is currently running 10G equipment. If you can help them > gain 100G connectivity, 100G routing, 100G switching and/or 100G DWDM > capabilities, please reach out to them. They have the infrastructure and dark > fiber to transition to 100G, but lack the equipment. You can find the > Internet Archive's contact information below or you can contact Jonah at the > Archive Org directly either by email or via the contact information available > on his Twitter profile @jonahedwards. > > You can also donate at https://archive.org/donate/ > The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Donations are tax-deductible. > > > Contact information: > https://archive.org/about/contact.php > > Volunteering: > https://archive.org/about/volunteerpositions.php > > > Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the Internet Archive. Nobody asked me to > write this post. If something angers you about this post, be angry at me. I > merely think that the Internet Archive is a good thing and deserves our > support. > > Jared
