BryceBot: current time+51 days;3:02:36 am EDT -> Friday, August 1, 2014 mnathani: Reading reviews for Mikrotik Routerboard RB2011UAS-2HND-IN 1 SFP port plus 10 port Ethernet on Amazon, and came across: This is advertised as having 5 gbps ports, and 5 100mbps ports. What they fail to mention is that the 5 "gbps" ports all share the 1000mbps - so you really only get 1000/5 = 200mbps per port.
Is that true? the Mikrotik oversubscribes the gigE LAN ports? gizmoguy: mnathani: http://routerboard.com/RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN
scroll to "performance"
they might be refering to "routed" speed rather than switched speed? mnathani: kpps < is that x1000s packets per second? gizmoguy: yup mnathani: I wonder how it compares to regular Linksys routers that have 4 port gigabit switches built in
128 MB vs 32 MB would certainly make a difference
RAM mercutio: ram quantity doesn't make much difference to routing performance mnathani: cpu then/ mercutio: it's the same cpu model as tp-link 4300
but 40mhz difference in clock rate
i don't think it'll make much difference
nearly all the routers are mips based
i imagine once adsl becomes less common more people will move to arm mnathani: RouterOS better at moving packets than tp-link os/firmware mercutio: you can get mips cores with built in adsl
mnathani: doubt it
they're both linux
i had a d-link 504t adsl modem that's cpu couldnt' keep up with adsl2+ speeds
but it had 16mb of ram and could run openwrt with adsl support
but other than that i've never hit real cpu bottlenecks.
even a pentium 75 can route 100 megabit of large pcaket sizes ***: toddf_ has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 252 seconds)
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ChanServ sets mode: +o toddf m0unds: too early to be at work. bleck. gizmoguy: what's the time m0unds: left home at 0315
hahaha gizmoguy: :/ m0unds: yeah, doing our big shutdown event this morning. woohoo. gizmoguy: fun fun m0unds: yup, just firing off all our backups and stuff real quick gizmoguy: nah
shutdown -h now
on everything
or just pull the plug
it'll be all g m0unds: haha
was gonna say i only have a single linux box gizmoguy: shutdown /h /t now
or something? m0unds: something like that gizmoguy: dunno not a windows d00d ***: tabthorpe has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 265 seconds)
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ChanServ sets mode: +o toddf m0unds: that was fun
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m0unds_ has joined #arpnetworks m0unds: http://www.moogmusic.com/news/introducing-werkstatt-01 i want one ***: staticsafe|2 has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) up_the_irons: sounds german m0unds: yeah, "workshop"
it's a build it yourself mini-moog project synth
they package the chassis, pcb and stuff, and you assemble it up_the_irons: cool ***: koan has quit IRC (*.net *.split)
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carvite has joined #arpnetworks acf_: up_the_irons: just wondering if you'd seen my support ticket regarding the NTT issues
I put some mtrs in there, but I can make more/different ones if it would help ***: wacker has joined #arpnetworks wacker: Hi all. I have a fun idea. If back01.cust.arpnetworks.com had an AAAA record, customers could add the /128 to their routingtables on their VPS's pointing the Link-local for the backup server over the dedicated interface and magic would happen!
Of course i meant backup01.cust.arpnetworks.com. How I wich I could type. mnathani: 10. comstock.cable.packetflow.ca 80.0% 35 24304 24186 23986 24365 152.6
is that really 24 seconds ? brycec: Or... those users could just add it to their /etc/hosts :p
fe80::21b:21ff:fe93:3e08 arp_backup
(though I just use the IP in my commands)
(IP%interface) m0unds: blah ***: toddf has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 265 seconds)
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heh
(Supper plate was slightly resting upon the spacebar) mnathani: @date eastern BryceBot: I'm strtotime, not a mind-reader and not an encyclopedia. Give me a date I can understand. (http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php) mnathani: @date EST BryceBot: 2 hours, 0 seconds ago. [Interpreted date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:33:21 -0700] mnathani: @date EDT BryceBot: 3 hours, 0 seconds ago. [Interpreted date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:33:30 -0700] mnathani: @date BryceBot: Hey, that's right now!! [Interpreted date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 20:33:49 -0700] gizmoguy: @date NZST BryceBot: 19 hours, 0 seconds ago. [Interpreted date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 01:33:56 -0700] mnathani: is it really 20:33 wherever BryceBot it located?
I guess that PST
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@wa time in Toronto BryceBot: Error fetching URI.
Sorry, I couldn't reach the backend API. wacker: brycec: Putting the link-local in /etc/hosts doesn't seem to work on Linux. Of course, you could put it in all of your scripts, as you say, but I think my solution should work as well for those of us who want to use it. mnathani: @wa 2+2 BryceBot: Error fetching URI. mnathani: bot broke brycec: mnathani: WA broke
wacker: Works for me, but doesn't include the %interface of course.
Specifically, WA is timing out for BryceBot mnathani: I blame Level3
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d^_^b has joined #arpnetworks wacker: brycec: With %eth1, I get "unknown host" without it, I get "invalid arguement" when I ping6. So, I can leave it off, and do ping6 -I eth1 backup01. That works for ping, but not so much for ssh and friends, the commands I realy want to use. ***: d^_^b has quit IRC (Changing host)
d^_^b has joined #arpnetworks mnathani: Reply from 192.168.2.254: bytes=32 time=241ms TTL=64
every once in a while my home router forgets how to route and does ^ brycec: wacker: A AAAA record will work the same as a /etc/hosts entry. You'd still have to add the /128 route m0unds: huh, i guess windows update pulls down via ipv6 if available wacker: So true, but I'd expect the AAAA record to be a global, not a link-local. acf_: WA? brycec: Washington, Wolfram Alpha, that's all I can think of up_the_irons: acf_: yeah, i got it, just been slow on tickets for the last couple days
wacker: hmm, but backup01.cust will have a different address for each link-local (each customer, that is)
oh wait...
no... -: up_the_irons puts his brain back in mnathani: if you give it an AAAA record, it could potentially interfere with folks outside ARP trying to back up stuff up_the_irons: mnathani: ah good point
even though i did not mean for the backup server to be accessible outside... it seems that a lot of people have a valid use for an outside interface, so i keep it mnathani: I like that I can use it to backup servers in different regions across the US over to a secure West Coast Facility (ARP) up_the_irons: see :)
now, technically, you could be using a lot of bandwidth and there's no way for me to charge for that, since the outside interface is public and doesn't belong to any single customer VLAN. oh well, good thing i have more bandwidth than I use.
so kvr15 is on the chopping block tonight mnathani: you could do something on the OS level that tracks scp / rsync per login up_the_irons: 3rd server this week, i feel so productive
yeah, but no time to research / implement that -: brycec quietly slurps up bandwidth, a couple MB at a time mnathani: up_the_irons: have you announced any ip blocks to level3 as yet? up_the_irons: not yet
brycec: hah
busy with other stuff this week (mostly upgrades).. man it never ends brycec: Go up_the_irons ! up_the_irons: :D mnathani: do the kvr hosts have an expected lifetime, before they are eventually replaced?
a VPS on kvr15: 01:17:51 up 755 days, 20:32, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 brycec: nice mnathani: its a VPS I manage on behalf of a customer up_the_irons: mnathani: no set lifetime
or expected.
i've had 1 fail, out of 30; it failed within the first year i think, so i think the MB was a dud acf_: what model machines do you use? up_the_irons: it was kvr25
acf_: supermicro acf_: cool. they sound nice :D mnathani: the newer onces are AMD, correct?
s/onces/ones BryceBot: <mnathani> the newer ones are AMD, correct? up_the_irons: acf_: :)
mnathani: yes, newer ones are AMD acf_: are they the same as the arp metal ones? up_the_irons: no
arp metal are Intel E3 blades
they don't have near enough HD slots to be a kvm host acf_: ah, right up_the_irons: turns out 9/10 metal customers never order more than 2 HDs, so it works
but for a kvm host, you need the 8x bays mnathani: hot swappable ofcourse? up_the_irons: oh for absolute sure
can't take down a whole host just cuz an HD fails (and they die like flies) acf_: yeah. those are some awesome uptimes
like 1500 days? mnathani: up_the_irons: do you have your own UPS or do you rely on those provided by the facility up_the_irons: acf_: yup, kvr06 and kvr07 are over 1500 days mnathani: @wa 1500 days in years BryceBot: convert 1500 days to years;4.11 years;49.32 months;214.3 weeks;36000 hours;2.16×10^6 minutes;1.296×10^8 seconds;~~ 0.35 × orbital period of Jupiter (~~ 12 Julian years );~~ 0.78 × half-life of cobalt-60 ( 1.6635×10^8 s );~~ 1.6 × half-life of sodium-22 ( 8.2108×10^7 s );time;period up_the_irons: mnathani: provided by data center (N+1 UPS, redundant PS fed from A/B circuits on separate elec panels) mnathani: over 4 years. WOW up_the_irons: mnathani: i really put a lot of thought into the design 5 years ago ;) acf_: yeah that's insane up_the_irons: check this out:
s1.lax#sh ver
Cisco IOS Software, Catalyst 4500 L3 Switch Software (cat4500-ENTSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.2(31)SG, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
...
s1.lax uptime is 5 years, 16 weeks, 2 days, 10 hours, 1 minute
:) acf_: it was s7 that was crashing then? up_the_irons: yeah mnathani: how many ports on that s1 ? up_the_irons: 48 FastE, 8 GigE mnathani: well, thats cisco for you: solid as rock acf_: so, you just have a bunch of cabinets adjacent to each other
with switches at the top
and you run ethernet back to the routers? up_the_irons: mnathani: yep mnathani: how many nics in the kvr hosts, and are atleast 2 setup as trunk ports to carry the VPS VLANs ? Second one for redundancy + performance? up_the_irons: acf_: i run ethernet back to core. i'd rather buy longer cables than manage more switches.
mnathani: 4 NICs. 1 - s1.lax, 2 - s6.lax (internal use), 3 - s7.lax (redundant for s1.lax), 4 - unused acf_: hmm. so is everything routed through s7 pretty much?
like that's where all the bgp is? mnathani: bqp sessions are on BIRD? up_the_irons: acf_: most traffic goes out s1.lax. BGP is on both and both carry inbound traffic.
s1 - GTT, s7 - NTT, Level 3
mnathani: only for peering acf_: I'm guessing that's 10.10.10.6...
the peering box mnathani: IPv6 is on a software router as well? up_the_irons: acf_: yes
mnathani: yes
IPv6 is an OpenBSD box running OpenBGPD acf_: oh cool
just out of curiosity, why use an rfc1918 address for the peering box? mnathani: isnt it due to ip addressing of the internet exchange coresite/any2 wacker: mnathani How would giving the backup server an AAAA record hurt anything? Most of the systems over there are dual stacked, or so it seems. mnathani: it would only work from within ARP
say someone from outside ARP tries to connect on IPv6, it would try and it would fail as that is not a global IPv6 address wacker: The v4 is accesible globally, why not the IPv6. As I said, I'm looking for a global like 2607:f2f8:<something>. -: up_the_irons must jet, Starbucks is closing mnathani: IPv6 at ARP is run on a software router. I dont think up_the_irons would want backup traffic using up IPv6 bandwidth / cpu cycles brycec: Starbucks closing at 11pm... madness :( wacker: Don't miss the coffee, Garry, you're probably up for the night in any case. acf_: http://paste.unixcube.org/k/7f55e
funny you can see the rfc1918 addresses from both sides
I would have thought some ingress filters might block packets from them up_the_irons: acf_: rfc1918 for peering.. well, why not? it's not going over public internet and so why waste a /30
mnathani: yeah, public backup traffic over ipv6 software router would not be good
brycec: love my local Starbucks. most don't stay open up to 11pm.
wacker: i actually get tea these days at night, or else i'm up until 7am brycec: Lucky you, up_the_irons
(My closest Starbucks closes at 8:30) mnathani: Is the upgrade to 12.04 done remotely over ipmi or do you actually go to the datacenter up_the_irons: brycec: man what a crappy time
mnathani: remotely over ipmi acf_: for some reason Starbucks always seemed like a 24/7 kind of place to me
not a coffee drinker, so I wouldn't know brycec: I never understood why a coffee place wouldn't stay open late up_the_irons: i know, right