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Marty- What facility would you like to create a leaf node in? There really is no other facility of note in the MSP area. Reid On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Hannigan, Martin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > On Dec 5, 2014, at 3:11 PM, Mike Horwath <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 09:08:02AM -0600, Andrew Hoyos wrote: > > > >> Virtual Chassis backplane is only 128Gbps (2x64Gbps), which seems > >> like alot, but given how much of traffic the exchange is doing,> > >> could quickly become an oversubscribed bottleneck. > > > > Or just move to 4550's at $9K each + cables for 256Gbps (2x128Gbps) > > stacking, and even add in the QSFP module for 40Gbps additional > > capacity. > > > > This is all resolvable with money - money from port fees would have > > covered this. > > > > Poking the dead-horse that really is alive and kicking. > > > > Leading from behind! I am Hindmost, back-seat driver, and overall > > captain obvious.. > > > > Before anyone starts talking about port fees, more work needs to be done > to come up with exactly what it is we need and then how to get it. > > A few observations. From the traffic graph, and smoothing the anomalous > burst caused by new connections, the growth rate probably matches the > Internets minus something to account for the content players - which could > be applied as anywhere from 50% to 100% YoY, market dependent. If you're > going to deploy additional hardware, how about a plan for at least three > years of growth to minimize the cycles of ask/receive? A member survey > asking about planning and growth would be helpful. We need a leaf node in > another facility IMHO to also create some market pressure to keep costs low. > > Best, > > -M< > > > > > > -- Reid Fishler Director Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4178