Re: Shared cache servers on an island's IXP

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

Many CDNs have hardware options for self hosted caches. I think there would
likely be concerns about <20G of connectivity to those caches though. With
an incorrect setup, you could end up maxing out those links just with cache
fill traffic itself.


On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 6:54 AM Jérôme Nicolle <jerome () ceriz fr> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to find out the best way to consolidate connectivity on an
> island.
>
> The current issues are :
> - Low redundancy of old cables (2)
> - Low system capacity of said cables (<=20Gbps)
> - Total service loss when both cables are down because of congestion on
> satelite backups
> - Sheer price of bandwidth
>
> On the plus side, there are over 5 AS on the island, an IXP and
> small-ish collocation capacity (approx 10kW available, could be
> upgraded, second site available later this year).
>
> We'd like to host cache servers and/or VMs on the IXP, with an option to
> anycast many services - without hijacking them, that goes without saying
> - such as quad-whatever DNS resolvers, NTP servers and whatever else
> could be useful for weather-induced disaster-recovery and/or offload
> cables.
>
> Do you think most CDNs, stream services and CSPs could accommodate a
> scenario where we'd host their gear or provide VMs for them to announce
> on the local route-servers ? If not, what could be a reasonable
> technical arrangement ?
>
> Thanks !
>
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> Jérôme Nicolle
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