Current trends in capacity planning and oversubscription
Curtis, Bruce
Bruce.Curtis at ndsu.edu
Tue Nov 16 19:06:20 UTC 2010
On Nov 12, 2010, at 5:52 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2010, Curtis, Bruce wrote:
>> If we take our current ISP bandwidth and increase it by 50% every
>> year for 5 years it would be about twice the 100 Mbps per 1,000
>> students/staff recommendation.
>
> Is 50% growth each year typical these days? In the dot-com boom days,
> people said 100% growth, other people have suggested 20% may be more
> reasonable now.
We did see a lower rate of growth after the dot-com boom/bust.
However the rate of growth picked up with the popularity of video streaming sites.
This site mentions 40 to 50% growth last year and has references to other papers that mention similar growth rates (although some of those papers may now be several years old.)
http://www.dtc.umn.edu/mints/home.php
So to answer the question I would say that 40 to 50% growth is typical these days, it has been for us.
I assume that it will continue for a few years but I'm less confidant speculating that it would still be 40 to 50% in 5 to 7 years. But I wouldn't bet against it either.
> A problem with government network capacity
> planning/growth forecasts is you will be stuck with whatever you choose,
> too high or too low, for many years because the budget cycle is so long.
>
> It would be great if there was some actual data available. But it seems
> more typical to benchmark/compare to do network capacity planning with
> other government agencies, so we end up with X-Mbps per Y,000 people.
> Yes, I know it depends. 1,000 people downloading data from LHC
> experiments will be different from an administrative school office.
> The difference is the people using LHC data usually have someone who can
> figure out network capacity planning, while the people in an
> administrative school office may not have anyone.
>
> So what is a reasonable network capacity for 1,000 students now and in 5
> years.
>
>
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Bruce Curtis bruce.curtis at ndsu.edu
Certified NetAnalyst II 701-231-8527
North Dakota State University
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