>From the network operators' standpoint, designing a network that operates at 50% utilization (without using ponderous QoS schemes) assumes that there is no random queuing behavior in the network that can result in dropped packets and large variations in packet arrival jitter. An active measurement tool such as BRIX gathers empirical data for packet drops and jitter from which accurate predictions about network behavior can be made. Think of active measurement tools as a means of implementing a scientific approach to determining network behavior.
>From the users' standpoint, BRIX can be used 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 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 Internet traffic. On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Rod Beck <rod.b...@hiberniaatlantic.com>wrote: > Congestion is more common than you think. And by the way, if congestion > is not a problem in Pakistan, then why is the VoIP qualit so poor? > > :) > > Roderick S. Beck > Director of European Sales > Hibernia Atlantic > 13-15, rue Sedaine, 75011 Paris > http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com > Wireless: 1-212-444-8829. > French Landline: 33+1+4355+8224 > French Wireless: 33-6-14-33-48-97. > AOL Messenger: GlobalBandwidth > rod.b...@hiberniaatlantic.com > rodb...@erols.com > ``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' Albert > Einstein. > > > > -----Original Message----- > 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% utilization most of the time. Under such conditions, > violating > SLA conditions in the core is unlikely. If such is also the case with most > service providers in the North America as well, then why would they even > use > active measurement such as iPerf or BRIX or Cisco IP SLAs before signing an > SLA? > Thanks and best regards > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Saqib Ilyas <msa...@gmail.com> 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? > > Thanks and best regards > > -- > > Muhammad Saqib Ilyas > > PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering > > Lahore University of Management Sciences > > > > > > -- > Muhammad Saqib Ilyas > PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering > Lahore University of Management Sciences > > -- Muhammad Saqib Ilyas PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering Lahore University of Management Sciences