Andre Toonk talk on New Cost-Saving Peering Connections at the SIX: Google, YouTube, and More

1. New Cost-Saving Peering Connections at the
SIX: Google, YouTube, and More
Andree Toonk
BCNET / UBC

2. Agenda
 How does Peering work
 BCNET Peering in Seattle
 Benefits for BCNET members
 Questions
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3. Introduction
 BCNET started the SIX peering trial in September 2009
Objective:
To understand the value of and impact of peering at the
Seattle Internet Exchange.
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4. The Internet
Google $$ $$ Facebook
Large
$$
ISP $$
Large Large
ISP $$
ISP
$$
BCNET
UBC SFU etc,…
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5. What is Peering?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering
“Peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively
separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging
traffic between the customers of each network “
Also known as settlement-free peering
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6. Internet Exchange
 Traditionally most Internet Exchanges are Layer2
exchanges
 Allowing for bi-lateral peerings.
 Big Switch inter connecting all parties.
 Examples:
 BCNET Transit Exchange (VANTX)
 Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX)
 Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX )
 London Internet Exchange (LINX)
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7. The Internet + Internet Exchanges
Google $$ $$ Facebook
Large
Microsoft
$$ ISP $$
Large
IX Switch ISP Large
$$ ISP
$$
Akamai
BCNET
UBC SFU etc,…
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8. Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX)
 Many small / medium / large ISP and content providers
 Connect once, reach many
 IPv4 and IPv6
 First 1Gb/s port Free!
 $1,000 one time fee additional port
 $5,000 (one time) for a 10Gb/s port
 http://www.seattleix.net/participants.htm
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9. Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX)
 Traffic peaks at ~55Gb/s
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10. Some of our Peering partners
 OpenAccess Network Services •Akamai
 IPNS •GCI.com
 CDNetworks Co. •Threshold communications
 Adhost
•Divo Networks
•TierPoint
 iosaz.net
•Eltopia
 Microsoft •New Edge Networks
 Altopia •Yahoo
 Hurricane Electric •Transaria
 Ygnition Networks •Spectrum Networks
 Clackamas •EdgeCast Networks
•Google
 Nexicom
•Wbsconnect
 Netriver •OneEighty
 Amazon.com •BendTel
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11. Connection to Seattle
 Shared 10Gb/s via AEBC to Seattle
 Shared 1Gb/s to Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX)
 Dedicated 1 Gb/s for private peering with Google
Google 1Gb/s
10Gb/s 1Gb/s BCNET
VANTX
AEBC AEBC
SIX Seattle Vancouver
1Gb/s
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12. Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX)
Total SIX Traffic Last Month
- 31 IPv4 peers
- 12 IPv6 peers
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13. Private peering Google
 Google is the single largest content provider
 Many Google services, incl Youtube.com
 1Gb/s private connection between BCNET and Google
 IPv6 and IPv4
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14. Total Seattle Traffic
SIX + Google Traffic.
All time:
748Mb/s (95%), 924Mb/s (all time Max / Olympics)
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15. Benefits for BCNET members
 Significant Transit savings for VANTX members
 Allows for extra (additional) traffic!
 Most Transit links are capped
 IX is ‘unlimited’
 Better user experience
(these Transit 95% IX 95%
number (IN) (IN)
include PIX)
UBC RESNET 52% 48%
SFU 55% 45%
UBC Campus 55% 45%
UVIC 65% 35%
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16. Benefits for BCNET
• Significantly more Bandwidth for ~10% of Transit price
• Shorter Paths
• Fast access to large content providers
• Increased redundancy
 Path to SIX peers is not shaped, i.e. better throughput
 Concerns
 SIX does not have SLA, ‘get what you pay for’
 Non redundant link to Seattle
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17. Future plans
 Investigate extending SIX service to other Transit locations.
 Successful Trial done with UVIC
 Explore possibilities of contracting Transit services in
Seattle.
 Investigate possibilities for redundant paths
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18. Questions?
http://www.bc.net | info@bc.net | 604.822.1348
Andree.toonk@bc.net