Switches are now @ 511 in FWR Suite. I did not get a chance to check the SFP. I will be back @ 511 to do install/config around 4pm if noone else gets to it before then. On May 19, 2011 12:20 AM, "Owen DeLong" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On May 18, 2011, at 2:52 PM, Steve Howard wrote: > >> 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? >> > > To the extent that my input is useful, I encourage option 2. > > I believe this is the more scalable longer-term solution and does not represent > a significantly higher cost than any of the others will in relatively short order. > > Owen > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1