Looking at the graphs, it is apparent that most of the traffic is going to one MICE member.  I would believe that they would be inclined to want to move to a 10 gig link since it is really benefiting them, and since it is the same fiber cross connect, the only real cost would be the 10G optics.  The second thing that is much more long term is I believe that the link between the switches should be 10Gig.  This would not allow a single 1Gig member to do so much unexpected traffic that effects the exchange as a whole, and we would be able to watch trends, and adjust as needed before the situation became urgent.

Jeremy

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From: MICE Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Howard
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 4:52 PM
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Subject: [MICE-DISCUSS] Traffic between 10Gig & 1Gig Switches

The traffic to/from the U shot up today.  I'm guessing that is CDN related?

The link between the CNS switch and the MICE switch shot up to ~850Mbps today.  Too bad that is only a single gig connection!

It is great to have the traffic on the exchange, but we should probably deal with this nearly saturated link fast.  Here are a few possible
solutions:

1)  Add another Gig connection.  We'd probably need to pay FWR for a cross-connect (CNS is paying for the first one) with this option;

2)  Use one of the new Juniper switches with a 10Gig interface and connect that to a 10Gig interface on the existing MICE 10Gig switch, then move some of the 1Gig members over to those ports.  This would require purchase of 10Gig optics for the Juniper and the existing 10Gig MICE switch;

3)  Move some of the higher bandwidth MICE members to the 1Gig ports on
the 10Gig switch.   Would this increase the FWR cross-connect charges
for those members if they are going from copper to fiber?

4)  Encourage MICE members on the 1Gig switch to upgrade to a 10Gig connection;

5)  Ask the U to not advertise some of the members on the 1Gig switch to CDNs (if that is the cause of the traffic load).  This is a bummer if you are one of the networks that gets left out.  I really don't like this option -- we are finally getting real traffic on the exchange and then we'd be cutting back. 

What does everybody think?  Any other suggestions?

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