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> On May 12, 2020, at 9:24 PM, Terrence Koeman <terre...@darkness-reigns.com> > wrote: > > Aren't they in a former church or something? I vaguely remember their > location to be significant for some reason or another. So location may weigh > heavily. > > -- > Regards, > Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy > Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V. > > Please quote relevant replies. > Spelling errors courtesy of my 'smart'phone. > From: David Hubbard <dhubb...@dino.hostasaurus.com > <mailto:dhubb...@dino.hostasaurus.com>> > Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 06:02 > To: nanog@nanog.org <mailto:nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: Re: An appeal for more bandwidth to the Internet Archive > > Could the operation be moved out of California to achieve dramatically > reduced operating costs and perhaps solve some problems via cost savings vs > increased donation? I have to imagine with the storage and processing > requirements that the footprint and power usage in SFO is quite costly. I > have equipment in a few California colo's and it's easily 3x what I pay for > similar in Nevada, before even getting into tax abatement advantages. > > > > On 5/12/20, 1:33 PM, "NANOG on behalf of colin johnston" > <nanog-boun...@nanog.org <mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of > col...@gt86car.org.uk <mailto:col...@gt86car.org.uk>> wrote: > > Is the increased usage due to more users or more existing users having > higher bandwidth at home to request faster ? > Would be interested if IPS configured firewall used to block out invalid > traffic/spam traffic and if such traffic increased when back end network > capacity increased ? > What countries are requesting the most data and does this analysis throw > up questions as to why ? > Are there high network usage hitters which raise question as to why > asking for so much data time and time again and is this valid traffic use ? > > Colin > > > > On 12 May 2020, at 17:33, Tim Požár <po...@lns.com > <mailto:po...@lns.com>> wrote: > > > > Jared... > > > > Thanks for sharing this. I was the first Director of Operations from > '96 to '98, at was was then Internet Archive/Alex. I was the network > architect back then got them their ASN and original address space. Folks may > also know, I help start SFMIX with Matt Peterson. > > > > A bit more detail in this... Some of this I got from Jonah Edwards who > is the current Network Architect at IA. Yes, the bottle neck was the line > cards. They have upgraded and that has certainly helped the bandwidth of > late. > > > > Peering would be a big help for IA. At this point they have two 10Gb > LAG interfaces that show up on SFMIX that was turned up last February. > Looking at the last couple of weeks the 95th percentile on this 20Gb LAG is 3 > Gb. As they just turned up on SFMIX, they are just starting to get peers > turned up there. Eyeball networks that show up on SFMIX are highly encouraged > to start peering with them. Alas, they are v4 only at this point. > > > > Additionally, if folks do have some fat pipes that can donate bandwidth > at 200 Paul, I am sure Jonah won't turn it down. > > > > Tim > > > > On 5/12/20 4:45 AM, Jared Brown 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/ > > <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/ > <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 > <https://archive.org/about/contact.php> > >> Volunteering: > >> https://archive.org/about/volunteerpositions.php > <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 >
