AMS-IX breaks 600 Gbps

The previous post about AMS-IX embedded the traffic graph instead of displaying a snapshot. At least I noticed that AMS-IX now pushes over 600 Gbps [peak] of traffic through the exchange!


But what's this? Number 2 exchange DE-CIX claims a 650+ Gbps peak:


Does that mean the Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange is now #1?
Comparison of the mean throughputs (AMS-IX: 375 Gbps, DE-CIX: 299 Gbps), daily peaks (AMS-IX: 560 Gbps, DE-CIX: 460 Gbps), and number of interconnected members (AMS-IX: 311, DE-CIX: 264) shows AMS-IX still firmly in the lead. But DE-CIX is forging ahead - AMS-IX's lead doesn't seem as clear as it once was.

AMS-IX breaks 500 Gbps!

[from the AMS-IX status page]

The number 1 internet exchange in the world by traffic volume - AMS-IX in Amsterdam - has reached 500 Gbps!



Notice the well-known flat summer trend. It's interesting to project what the max will reach by December: 550-600 Gbps?

Amazon's new CDN

Amazon's new CDN is cheered on by their CTO Werner Vogels. The primary take-away from the post:

Using a global network of edge locations this new service can deliver popular data stored in Amazon S3 to customers around the globe through local access.

Now, Amazon is only currently peering visibly with 4 other networks: Qwest, NTT, Tiscali, and Level3, which all seem to be transit providers.

Now I guess their edge routers don't absolutely need to sit in peered networks, but I'm sure it'll make the host networks happier [otherwise those host networks will be bearing the cost of reverse-proxying the traffic through their own transit connections].

The PeeringDB page for Amazon isn't that much more helpful - no public switching presence noted, but there is some promise shown in the following locations:

• Equinix Ashburn
• PAIX Palo Alto [incl. PacketExchange I guess]
• The Westin Building [Yay SIX! And PAIX Seattle too, I suppose]

Another development to watch closely. Amazon: where is your non-USA PoP presence? LINX and AMS-IX beckon...

TENET peers with Google

TENET's UK frontend Ubuntunet [wiki] is now peering with Google.

This is only in the UK for now, presumably they'll peer locally when Google gets their act together. Let's hope Google isn't waiting for the Seacom cable to land too.

Google local delays

So now SM of Google SA is promising better SA-local access to Google services by the end of 2008. Only a year after they promised it the last time:

[via mybroadband.co.za]

Masie said that by the end of 2008 services such as Google Search, Google Maps and Youtube would work a lot faster, better and quicker in South Africa.

Google SA have been quite coy in announcing anything about their local datacenter plans. Is this to avoid tipping their hand? Perhaps they'll extend their GGC 'CDN' to South Africa. This might be the best way to dip their toe in the waters and gauge local usage and interest, especially once mid-2009 rolls around and Seacom's better pricing comes online.