Re: Network SLA

2009-04-15 Thread Saqib Ilyas
I talked to the NOC personnel at a small (compared to North American standards) ISP in Pakistan. They said that their core links are operating at less than 50% utilization most of the time. Under such conditions, violating SLA conditions in the core is unlikely. If such is also the case with most

Re: Network SLA

2009-04-15 Thread Saqib Ilyas
- From: Saqib Ilyas [mailto:msa...@gmail.com msa...@gmail.com] Sent: Wed 4/15/2009 11:22 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Network SLA I talked to the NOC personnel at a small (compared to North American standards) ISP in Pakistan. They said that their core links are operating at less than 50

Re: Network SLA

2009-04-15 Thread Martin Hannigan
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Saqib Ilyas msa...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm. Good point. Perhaps the Internet traffic gets only a small share of the link capacity and the rest is reserved for corporate clients' VPN traffic etc. I was thinking more along the lines of corporate SLAs, not for

RE: Network SLA

2009-04-15 Thread Holmes,David A
to validate the service providers' contractual SLA, and provide empirical data to support SLA violation penalties. -Original Message- From: Saqib Ilyas [mailto:msa...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:11 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Network SLA Hmmm. Good point. Perhaps

Re: Network SLA

2009-03-18 Thread Saqib Ilyas
. Juniper has equivalent functionality via RPM. Rich -Original Message- From: Saqib Ilyas [mailto:msa...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 6:12 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Network SLA I must thank everyone who has answered my queries. Just a couple more short

Re: Network SLA

2009-03-18 Thread Chris Meidinger
RPM. Rich -Original Message- From: Saqib Ilyas [mailto:msa...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 6:12 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Network SLA I must thank everyone who has answered my queries. Just a couple more short questions. For instance, if one is using MRTG

Re: Network SLA

2009-03-13 Thread Athanasios Douitsis
RPM. Rich -Original Message- From: Saqib Ilyas [mailto:msa...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 6:12 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Network SLA I must thank everyone who has answered my queries. Just a couple more short questions. For instance, if one is using MRTG

RE: Network SLA

2009-03-11 Thread Andreas, Rich
I have found that Cisco IPSLA is heavily used in the MSO/Service Provider Space. Juniper has equivalent functionality via RPM. Rich -Original Message- From: Saqib Ilyas [mailto:msa...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 6:12 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Network SLA I

RE: Network SLA

2009-03-09 Thread Holmes,David A
are covered by the accumulated probes. -Original Message- From: Saqib Ilyas [mailto:msa...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 3:12 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Network SLA I must thank everyone who has answered my queries. Just a couple more short questions. For instance

Re: Network SLA

2009-03-09 Thread Charles Wyble
What products/services do you use for traffic generation? Also what sort of testing methodology do you use? As for random probes that certainly seems like a nice feature. Holmes,David A wrote: We use BRIX for SLA's by measuring round trip times, jitter, and packet loss across all of our

Re: Network SLA

2009-03-07 Thread Saqib Ilyas
I must thank everyone who has answered my queries. Just a couple more short questions. For instance, if one is using MRTG, and wants to check if we can meet a 1 Mbps end-to-end throughput between a couple of customer sites, I believe you would need to use some traffic generator tools, because MRTG

Re: Network SLA

2009-03-07 Thread Chris Meidinger
Saqib, On 07.03.2009, at 12:12, Saqib Ilyas wrote: I must thank everyone who has answered my queries. Just a couple more short questions. For instance, if one is using MRTG, and wants to check if we can meet a 1 Mbps end-to-end throughput between a couple of customer sites, I believe you would

Re: Network SLA

2009-03-07 Thread Joe Provo
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:26:45PM +0100, Chris Meidinger wrote: Saqib, On 07.03.2009, at 12:12, Saqib Ilyas wrote: I must thank everyone who has answered my queries. Just a couple more short questions. For instance, if one is using MRTG, and wants to check if we can meet a 1 Mbps

Re: Network SLA

2009-02-23 Thread Zartash Uzmi
As I gather, there is a mix of answers, ranging from building the resources according to requirements and HOPE for the best to use of arguably sophisticated tools and perhaps sharing the results with the legal department. I would be particularly interested in hearing the service providers'

RE: Network SLA

2009-02-19 Thread Andreas, Rich
Availability cannot be calculated in advance. It typically is based on historical component failure information. Sound design ensures redundancy and eliminates single point of failure. As for the rest, CIR, Latency, Jitter, Loss . this can be tested prior to customer handover with any

RE: Network SLA

2009-02-19 Thread isabel dias
. --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Andreas, Rich rich_andr...@cable.comcast.com wrote: From: Andreas, Rich rich_andr...@cable.comcast.com Subject: RE: Network SLA To: Saqib Ilyas msa...@gmail.com, nanog@nanog.org Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 5:59 PM Availability cannot be calculated in advance

Re: Network SLA

2009-02-19 Thread david raistrick
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Saqib Ilyas wrote: I am curious to know about any tools/techniques that a service provider uses to assess an SLA before signing it. That is to say, how does an administrator know if he/she can meet what he is promising. IME, the administrators don't have anything to do

RE: Network SLA

2009-02-19 Thread Holmes,David A
We use the BRIX active measurement instrumentation product to measure round-trip, jitter, and packet loss SLA conformity. -Original Message- From: Saqib Ilyas [mailto:msa...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:50 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Network SLA Greetings I am

Re: Network SLA

2009-02-19 Thread Stefan
Saqib Ilyas wrote: Greetings I am curious to know about any tools/techniques that a service provider uses to assess an SLA before signing it. That is to say, how does an administrator know if he/she can meet what he is promising. Is it based on experience? Are there commonly used tools for this?