shuttle flash crowd statistics

Sat Feb 1 21:54:59 UTC 2003

Thanks for the response Chris.  I should not have used the word
"provider" when speaking of NASA.  All the traceroutes I have done show
hand-off from your company though.  For example:

9  193.ATM4-0.BR2.SJC1.ALTER.NET (152.63.51.181)
    [...]
13  border.hcn.hq.nasa.gov (198.116.63.2)
14  realhq.hq.nasa.gov (198.116.66.254)

and

10  POS6-0.BR3.DCA6.ALTER.NET [152.63.38.117]
    [...]
14  border.hcn.hq.nasa.gov [198.116.63.2]
15  realhq.hq.nasa.gov (198.116.66.254)

BTW folks are interested, but there is little data coming in to share.
As time goes on, I hope folks that show unusual traffic levels (on both
sides; eyeball networks and content networks as well as transit networks)
will send pointers to me that I can share with others.  I am very
interested in flash crowd situations and how to mitigate the problems
associated with them...

scott

On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Christopher L. Morrow wrote:

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: On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Scott Weeks wrote:
: > Hello,
: >
: > I write this to ask network operators to share your statistics of this
: > flash crowd with NANOG.
: >
: > For example, if possible, could NASA folks let us know the peak and
: > average hit rate to NASA TV (rtsp://198.116.66.254) or the traffic rates
: > on the routers leading into this server? (border.hcn.hq.nasa.gov and
: > realhq.hq.nasa.gov)
:
: This sounds like fabulous data to see.
:
: >
: > Similarly, for UUnet folks (as you're the provider) or anyone that has
: > collected statistics that they're willing to share.
: >
:
: Unfortunately UUNET doesn't provide connectivity to this, except for UUNET
: customers, NASA is not a direct customer...
:
: > Graphical (MRTG-esq) would be the best.  If folks don't want to hear about
: > this, I'll take any info privately and summarize to anyone that asks me.
: >
: > Thanks,
: > scott
: >
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