Re: An appeal for more bandwidth to the Internet Archive

2020-05-12 Thread Tim Požár
Internet Archive primary office is located at 300 Funston in San 
Francisco.  This was a Christian Science church so it has the roman 
columns you would expect for a church / library.  You can see it on 
Google Street Views at:


https://www.google.com/maps/place/300+Funston+Ave,+San+Francisco,+CA+94118

Although they serve content out of this site, their primary site for 
bandwidth is at 2512 Florida Ave, Richmond, CA.


IA does have satellite offices around the world for scanning, etc., the 
public facing servers are location in these two locations.


Tim

On 5/12/20 9:24 PM, Terrence Koeman wrote:
Aren't they in a former church or something? I vaguely remember their 
location to be significant for some reason or another. So location may 
weigh heavily.



--
Regards,
    Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy
      Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V.

Please quote relevant replies.
Spelling errors courtesy of my 'smart'phone.

*From:* David Hubbard 
*Sent:* Wednesday, 13 May 2020 06:02
*To:* nanog@nanog.org
*Subject:* Re: An appeal for more bandwidth to the Internet Archive

Could the operation be moved out of California to achieve
dramatically reduced operating costs and perhaps solve some problems
via cost savings vs increased donation?  I have to imagine with the
storage and processing requirements that the footprint and power
usage in SFO is quite costly.  I have equipment in a few California
colo's and it's easily 3x what I pay for similar in Nevada, before
even getting into tax abatement advantages.



On 5/12/20, 1:33 PM, "NANOG on behalf of colin johnston"
 wrote:

     Is the increased usage due to more users or more existing users
having higher bandwidth at home to request faster ?
     Would be interested if IPS configured firewall used to block
out invalid traffic/spam traffic and if such traffic increased when
back end network capacity increased ?
     What countries are requesting the most data and does this
analysis throw up questions as to why ?
     Are there high network usage hitters which raise question as to
why asking for so much data time and time again and is this valid
traffic use ?

     Colin


     > On 12 May 2020, at 17:33, Tim Požár  wrote:
     >
     > Jared...
     >
     > Thanks for sharing this.  I was the first Director of
Operations from '96 to '98, at was was then Internet Archive/Alex. 
I was the network architect back then got them their ASN and

original address space. Folks may also know, I help start SFMIX with
Matt Peterson.
     >
     > A bit more detail in this...  Some of this I got from Jonah
Edwards who is the current Network Architect at IA.  Yes, the bottle
neck was the line cards.  They have upgraded and that has certainly
helped the bandwidth of late.
     >
     > Peering would be a big help for IA. At this point they have
two 10Gb LAG interfaces that show up on SFMIX that was turned up
last February. Looking at the last couple of weeks the 95th
percentile on this 20Gb LAG is 3 Gb.  As they just turned up on
SFMIX, they are just starting to get peers turned up there. Eyeball
networks that show up on SFMIX are highly encouraged to start
peering with them.  Alas, they are v4 only at this point.
     >
     > Additionally, if folks do have some fat pipes that can donate
bandwidth at 200 Paul, I am sure Jonah won't turn it down.
     >
     > Tim
     >
     > On 5/12/20 4:45 AM, Jared Brown wrote:
     >> Hello all!
     >> Last week the Internet Archive upgraded their bandwidth 30%
from 47 Gbps to 62 Gbps. It was all gobbled up immediately. There's
a lovely solid green graph showing how usage grows vertically as
each interface comes online until it too is 100% saturated. Looking
at the graph legend you can see that their usage for the past 24
hours averages 49.76G on their 50G of transport.
     >> To see the pretty pictures follow the below link:
     >>

https://blog.archive.org/2020/05/11/thank-you-for-helping-us-increase-our-bandwidth/

     >> Relevant parts from the blog post:
     >> "A year ago, usage was 30Gbits/sec. At the beginning of this
year, we were at 40Gbits/sec, and we were handling it. ...
     >> Then Covid-19 hit and demand rocketed to 50Gbits/sec and
overran our network infrastructure’s ability to handle it.  So much
so, our network statistics probes had difficulty collecting data
(hence the white spots in the graphs).
     >> We bought a second router with new line cards, and got it
installed and running (and none of this is easy during a pandemic),
and increased our capacity from 47Gbits/sec peak to 62Gbits/sec
peak.   And we are handling it better, but it is still consumed."
     >> It is

Re: An appeal for more bandwidth to the Internet Archive

2020-05-12 Thread Terrence Koeman
Aren't they in a former church or something? I vaguely remember their location 
to be significant for some reason or another. So location may weigh heavily.


-- 
Regards,
   Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy
     Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V.

Please quote relevant replies.
Spelling errors courtesy of my 'smart'phone.

From: David Hubbard 
Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 06:02
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: An appeal for more bandwidth to the Internet Archive

> Could the operation be moved out of California to achieve dramatically 
> reduced operating costs and perhaps solve some problems via cost savings vs 
> increased donation?  I have to imagine with the storage and processing 
> requirements that the footprint and power usage in SFO is quite costly.  I 
> have equipment in a few California colo's and it's easily 3x what I pay for 
> similar in Nevada, before even getting into tax abatement advantages. 
>
>
>
> On 5/12/20, 1:33 PM, "NANOG on behalf of colin johnston" 
>  wrote: 
>
>     Is the increased usage due to more users or more existing users having 
> higher bandwidth at home to request faster ? 
>     Would be interested if IPS configured firewall used to block out invalid 
> traffic/spam traffic and if such traffic increased when back end network 
> capacity increased ? 
>     What countries are requesting the most data and does this analysis throw 
> up questions as to why ? 
>     Are there high network usage hitters which raise question as to why 
> asking for so much data time and time again and is this valid traffic use ? 
>
>     Colin 
>
>
>     > On 12 May 2020, at 17:33, Tim Požár  wrote: 
>     > 
>     > Jared... 
>     > 
>     > Thanks for sharing this.  I was the first Director of Operations from 
> '96 to '98, at was was then Internet Archive/Alex.  I was the network 
> architect back then got them their ASN and original address space. Folks may 
> also know, I help start SFMIX with Matt Peterson. 
>     > 
>     > A bit more detail in this...  Some of this I got from Jonah Edwards who 
> is the current Network Architect at IA.  Yes, the bottle neck was the line 
> cards.  They have upgraded and that has certainly helped the bandwidth of 
> late. 
>     > 
>     > Peering would be a big help for IA. At this point they have two 10Gb 
> LAG interfaces that show up on SFMIX that was turned up last February. 
> Looking at the last couple of weeks the 95th percentile on this 20Gb LAG is 3 
> Gb.  As they just turned up on SFMIX, they are just starting to get peers 
> turned up there. Eyeball networks that show up on SFMIX are highly encouraged 
> to start peering with them.  Alas, they are v4 only at this point. 
>     > 
>     > Additionally, if folks do have some fat pipes that can donate bandwidth 
> at 200 Paul, I am sure Jonah won't turn it down. 
>     > 
>     > Tim 
>     > 
>     > On 5/12/20 4:45 AM, Jared Brown wrote: 
>     >> Hello all! 
>     >> Last week the Internet Archive upgraded their bandwidth 30% from 47 
> Gbps to 62 Gbps. It was all gobbled up immediately. There's a lovely solid 
> green graph showing how usage grows vertically as each interface comes online 
> until it too is 100% saturated. Looking at the graph legend you can see that 
> their usage for the past 24 hours averages 49.76G on their 50G of transport. 
>     >> To see the pretty pictures follow the below link: 
>     >> 
> https://blog.archive.org/2020/05/11/thank-you-for-helping-us-increase-our-bandwidth/
>  
>     >> Relevant parts from the blog post: 
>     >> "A year ago, usage was 30Gbits/sec. At the beginning of this year, we 
> were at 40Gbits/sec, and we were handling it. ... 
>     >> Then Covid-19 hit and demand rocketed to 50Gbits/sec and overran our 
> network infrastructure’s ability to handle it.  So much so, our network 
> statistics probes had difficulty collecting data (hence the white spots in 
> the graphs). 
>     >> We bought a second router with new line cards, and got it installed 
> and running (and none of this is easy during a pandemic), and increased our 
> capacity from 47Gbits/sec peak to 62Gbits/sec peak.   And we are handling it 
> better, but it is still consumed." 
>     >> It is obvious that the Internet Archive needs more bandwidth to power 
> the Wayback machine and to fulfill its mission of being the Internet library 
> and the historic archive of our times. 
>     >> The Internet Archive is present at Digital Realty SFO (200 Paul) and a 
> member of the San Francisco Metropolitan Internet Exchange (SFMIX). 
>     >> I appeal to all list members present or capable of getting to these 
> facilities to peer with and/or donate bandwidth to the Internet Archive. 
>     >> I appeal to all vendors and others with equipment that they can donate 
> to the Internet Archive to contact them so that they can scale their services 
> and sustain their growth. 
>     >> The Internet Archive is currently running 10G equipment. If you can 
> hel

FCC Report on 2019 Nationwide Emergency Alert Test

2020-05-12 Thread Sean Donelan



FCC published its 2019 nationwide EAS test report. The issues haven't 
changed, and some improved.



"With respect to the single largest complication reported from the 2019 
nationwide EAS test results – namely, issues with monitoring source 
failures – FEMA notes that it is actively taking measures to
improve PEP performance going forward. In particular, FEMA has begun 
working with SECCs in several states to conduct state-level tests on a 
monthly basis and station-level tests on a weekly basis
through the PEP stations. FEMA emphasizes that continued testing of the 
PEP stations will improve EAS performance over time, as this testing will 
help ensure the PEP stations are relaying messages properly through the 
EAS and allow stakeholders to make ongoing improvements and adjustments 
as needed."



FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issues a report on the 
August 7, 2019 nationwide Emergency Alert System test


https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-report-2019-nationwide-emergency-alert-test



Re: An appeal for more bandwidth to the Internet Archive

2020-05-12 Thread Tim Požár
Heh.  I just did this recently as I started a low power FM station 
(KPEA-LP).  I did a bulk download of about 10,000 cuts of IA's 78 
collection from 1923 and earlier as those recordings are all in the 
public domain.


Tim

On 5/12/20 11:50 AM, Tom Hayward wrote:

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 10:32 AM colin johnston  wrote:


Is the increased usage due to more users or more existing users having higher 
bandwidth at home to request faster ?
Would be interested if IPS configured firewall used to block out invalid 
traffic/spam traffic and if such traffic increased when back end network 
capacity increased ?
What countries are requesting the most data and does this analysis throw up 
questions as to why ?
Are there high network usage hitters which raise question as to why asking for 
so much data time and time again and is this valid traffic use ?


Amongst a certain group of users, bulk downloading of the archive is popular:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/an8srw/is_there_anyway_to_bulk_download_collections_from/

Tom



Re: An appeal for more bandwidth to the Internet Archive

2020-05-12 Thread David Hubbard
Could the operation be moved out of California to achieve dramatically reduced 
operating costs and perhaps solve some problems via cost savings vs increased 
donation?  I have to imagine with the storage and processing requirements that 
the footprint and power usage in SFO is quite costly.  I have equipment in a 
few California colo's and it's easily 3x what I pay for similar in Nevada, 
before even getting into tax abatement advantages.



On 5/12/20, 1:33 PM, "NANOG on behalf of colin johnston" 
 wrote:

Is the increased usage due to more users or more existing users having 
higher bandwidth at home to request faster ?
Would be interested if IPS configured firewall used to block out invalid 
traffic/spam traffic and if such traffic increased when back end network 
capacity increased ?
What countries are requesting the most data and does this analysis throw up 
questions as to why ?
Are there high network usage hitters which raise question as to why asking 
for so much data time and time again and is this valid traffic use ?

Colin


> On 12 May 2020, at 17:33, Tim Požár  wrote:
> 
> Jared...
> 
> Thanks for sharing this.  I was the first Director of Operations from '96 
to '98, at was was then Internet Archive/Alex.  I was the network architect 
back then got them their ASN and original address space. Folks may also know, I 
help start SFMIX with Matt Peterson.
> 
> A bit more detail in this...  Some of this I got from Jonah Edwards who 
is the current Network Architect at IA.  Yes, the bottle neck was the line 
cards.  They have upgraded and that has certainly helped the bandwidth of late.
> 
> Peering would be a big help for IA. At this point they have two 10Gb LAG 
interfaces that show up on SFMIX that was turned up last February. Looking at 
the last couple of weeks the 95th percentile on this 20Gb LAG is 3 Gb.  As they 
just turned up on SFMIX, they are just starting to get peers turned up there. 
Eyeball networks that show up on SFMIX are highly encouraged to start peering 
with them.  Alas, they are v4 only at this point.
> 
> Additionally, if folks do have some fat pipes that can donate bandwidth 
at 200 Paul, I am sure Jonah won't turn it down.
> 
> Tim
> 
> On 5/12/20 4:45 AM, Jared Brown wrote:
>> Hello all!
>> Last week the Internet Archive upgraded their bandwidth 30% from 47 Gbps 
to 62 Gbps. It was all gobbled up immediately. There's a lovely solid green 
graph showing how usage grows vertically as each interface comes online until 
it too is 100% saturated. Looking at the graph legend you can see that their 
usage for the past 24 hours averages 49.76G on their 50G of transport.
>> To see the pretty pictures follow the below link:
>> 
https://blog.archive.org/2020/05/11/thank-you-for-helping-us-increase-our-bandwidth/
>> Relevant parts from the blog post:
>> "A year ago, usage was 30Gbits/sec. At the beginning of this year, we 
were at 40Gbits/sec, and we were handling it. ...
>> Then Covid-19 hit and demand rocketed to 50Gbits/sec and overran our 
network infrastructure’s ability to handle it.  So much so, our network 
statistics probes had difficulty collecting data (hence the white spots in the 
graphs).
>> We bought a second router with new line cards, and got it installed and 
running (and none of this is easy during a pandemic), and increased our 
capacity from 47Gbits/sec peak to 62Gbits/sec peak.   And we are handling it 
better, but it is still consumed."
>> It is obvious that the Internet Archive needs more bandwidth to power 
the Wayback machine and to fulfill its mission of being the Internet library 
and the historic archive of our times.
>> The Internet Archive is present at Digital Realty SFO (200 Paul) and a 
member of the San Francisco Metropolitan Internet Exchange (SFMIX).
>> I appeal to all list members present or capable of getting to these 
facilities to peer with and/or donate bandwidth to the Internet Archive.
>> I appeal to all vendors and others with equipment that they can donate 
to the Internet Archive to contact them so that they can scale their services 
and sustain their growth.
>> The Internet Archive is currently running 10G equipment. If you can help 
them gain 100G connectivity, 100G routing, 100G switching and/or 100G DWDM 
capabilities, please reach out to them. They have the infrastructure and dark 
fiber to transition to 100G, but lack the equipment. You can find the Internet 
Archive's contact information below or you can contact Jonah at the Archive Org 
directly either by email or via the contact information available on his 
Twitter profile @jonahedwards.
>> You can also donate at https://archive.org/donate/
>> The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Donations are  
tax-deductible.
>> Contact information:
>> https://archive.org/about/contact.php
>> Volunteering:
>> https://archive.o

Re: An appeal for more bandwidth to the Internet Archive

2020-05-12 Thread colin johnston
Is the increased usage due to more users or more existing users having higher 
bandwidth at home to request faster ?
Would be interested if IPS configured firewall used to block out invalid 
traffic/spam traffic and if such traffic increased when back end network 
capacity increased ?
What countries are requesting the most data and does this analysis throw up 
questions as to why ?
Are there high network usage hitters which raise question as to why asking for 
so much data time and time again and is this valid traffic use ?

Colin


> On 12 May 2020, at 17:33, Tim Požár  wrote:
> 
> Jared...
> 
> Thanks for sharing this.  I was the first Director of Operations from '96 to 
> '98, at was was then Internet Archive/Alex.  I was the network architect back 
> then got them their ASN and original address space. Folks may also know, I 
> help start SFMIX with Matt Peterson.
> 
> A bit more detail in this...  Some of this I got from Jonah Edwards who is 
> the current Network Architect at IA.  Yes, the bottle neck was the line 
> cards.  They have upgraded and that has certainly helped the bandwidth of 
> late.
> 
> Peering would be a big help for IA. At this point they have two 10Gb LAG 
> interfaces that show up on SFMIX that was turned up last February. Looking at 
> the last couple of weeks the 95th percentile on this 20Gb LAG is 3 Gb.  As 
> they just turned up on SFMIX, they are just starting to get peers turned up 
> there. Eyeball networks that show up on SFMIX are highly encouraged to start 
> peering with them.  Alas, they are v4 only at this point.
> 
> Additionally, if folks do have some fat pipes that can donate bandwidth at 
> 200 Paul, I am sure Jonah won't turn it down.
> 
> Tim
> 
> On 5/12/20 4:45 AM, Jared Brown wrote:
>> Hello all!
>> Last week the Internet Archive upgraded their bandwidth 30% from 47 Gbps to 
>> 62 Gbps. It was all gobbled up immediately. There's a lovely solid green 
>> graph showing how usage grows vertically as each interface comes online 
>> until it too is 100% saturated. Looking at the graph legend you can see that 
>> their usage for the past 24 hours averages 49.76G on their 50G of transport.
>> To see the pretty pictures follow the below link:
>> https://blog.archive.org/2020/05/11/thank-you-for-helping-us-increase-our-bandwidth/
>> Relevant parts from the blog post:
>> "A year ago, usage was 30Gbits/sec. At the beginning of this year, we were 
>> at 40Gbits/sec, and we were handling it. ...
>> Then Covid-19 hit and demand rocketed to 50Gbits/sec and overran our network 
>> infrastructure’s ability to handle it.  So much so, our network statistics 
>> probes had difficulty collecting data (hence the white spots in the graphs).
>> We bought a second router with new line cards, and got it installed and 
>> running (and none of this is easy during a pandemic), and increased our 
>> capacity from 47Gbits/sec peak to 62Gbits/sec peak.   And we are handling it 
>> better, but it is still consumed."
>> It is obvious that the Internet Archive needs more bandwidth to power the 
>> Wayback machine and to fulfill its mission of being the Internet library and 
>> the historic archive of our times.
>> The Internet Archive is present at Digital Realty SFO (200 Paul) and a 
>> member of the San Francisco Metropolitan Internet Exchange (SFMIX).
>> I appeal to all list members present or capable of getting to these 
>> facilities to peer with and/or donate bandwidth to the Internet Archive.
>> I appeal to all vendors and others with equipment that they can donate to 
>> the Internet Archive to contact them so that they can scale their services 
>> and sustain their growth.
>> The Internet Archive is currently running 10G equipment. If you can help 
>> them gain 100G connectivity, 100G routing, 100G switching and/or 100G DWDM 
>> capabilities, please reach out to them. They have the infrastructure and 
>> dark fiber to transition to 100G, but lack the equipment. You can find the 
>> Internet Archive's contact information below or you can contact Jonah at the 
>> Archive Org directly either by email or via the contact information 
>> available on his Twitter profile @jonahedwards.
>> You can also donate at https://archive.org/donate/
>> The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Donations are  
>> tax-deductible.
>> Contact information:
>> https://archive.org/about/contact.php
>> Volunteering:
>> https://archive.org/about/volunteerpositions.php
>> Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the Internet Archive. Nobody asked me 
>> to write this post. If something angers you about this post, be angry at me. 
>> I merely think that the Internet Archive is a good thing and deserves our 
>> support.
>> Jared



Re: An appeal for more bandwidth to the Internet Archive

2020-05-12 Thread Tim Požár

Jared...

Thanks for sharing this.  I was the first Director of Operations from 
'96 to '98, at was was then Internet Archive/Alex.  I was the network 
architect back then got them their ASN and original address space. 
Folks may also know, I help start SFMIX with Matt Peterson.


A bit more detail in this...  Some of this I got from Jonah Edwards who 
is the current Network Architect at IA.  Yes, the bottle neck was the 
line cards.  They have upgraded and that has certainly helped the 
bandwidth of late.


Peering would be a big help for IA. At this point they have two 10Gb LAG 
interfaces that show up on SFMIX that was turned up last February. 
Looking at the last couple of weeks the 95th percentile on this 20Gb LAG 
is 3 Gb.  As they just turned up on SFMIX, they are just starting to get 
peers turned up there. Eyeball networks that show up on SFMIX are highly 
encouraged to start peering with them.  Alas, they are v4 only at this 
point.


Additionally, if folks do have some fat pipes that can donate bandwidth 
at 200 Paul, I am sure Jonah won't turn it down.


Tim

On 5/12/20 4:45 AM, Jared Brown wrote:

Hello all!

Last week the Internet Archive upgraded their bandwidth 30% from 47 Gbps to 62 
Gbps. It was all gobbled up immediately. There's a lovely solid green graph 
showing how usage grows vertically as each interface comes online until it too 
is 100% saturated. Looking at the graph legend you can see that their usage for 
the past 24 hours averages 49.76G on their 50G of transport.

To see the pretty pictures follow the below link:
https://blog.archive.org/2020/05/11/thank-you-for-helping-us-increase-our-bandwidth/

Relevant parts from the blog post:
"A year ago, usage was 30Gbits/sec. At the beginning of this year, we were at 
40Gbits/sec, and we were handling it. ...

Then Covid-19 hit and demand rocketed to 50Gbits/sec and overran our network 
infrastructure’s ability to handle it.  So much so, our network statistics 
probes had difficulty collecting data (hence the white spots in the graphs).

We bought a second router with new line cards, and got it installed and running (and 
none of this is easy during a pandemic), and increased our capacity from 47Gbits/sec 
peak to 62Gbits/sec peak.   And we are handling it better, but it is still 
consumed."

It is obvious that the Internet Archive needs more bandwidth to power the 
Wayback machine and to fulfill its mission of being the Internet library and 
the historic archive of our times.

The Internet Archive is present at Digital Realty SFO (200 Paul) and a member 
of the San Francisco Metropolitan Internet Exchange (SFMIX).
I appeal to all list members present or capable of getting to these facilities 
to peer with and/or donate bandwidth to the Internet Archive.
I appeal to all vendors and others with equipment that they can donate to the 
Internet Archive to contact them so that they can scale their services and 
sustain their growth.

The Internet Archive is currently running 10G equipment. If you can help them 
gain 100G connectivity, 100G routing, 100G switching and/or 100G DWDM 
capabilities, please reach out to them. They have the infrastructure and dark 
fiber to transition to 100G, but lack the equipment. You can find the Internet 
Archive's contact information below or you can contact Jonah at the Archive Org 
directly either by email or via the contact information available on his 
Twitter profile @jonahedwards.

You can also donate at https://archive.org/donate/
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Donations are  tax-deductible.


Contact information:
https://archive.org/about/contact.php

Volunteering:
https://archive.org/about/volunteerpositions.php


Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the Internet Archive. Nobody asked me to 
write this post. If something angers you about this post, be angry at me. I 
merely think that the Internet Archive is a good thing and deserves our support.

Jared



Re: Alternative for Google Safe Browsing for Network Administrators?

2020-05-12 Thread Mike Hammett
I didn't even know that was a thing. 


I just went to sign up to see what it was like before it disappeared. They 
appear to be using a very old database. One of our ASNs that we've had for five 
years still has the old entity's contact information for the verification. 
Another (32-bit) ASN that I've had for five years doesn't show up at all. 




I hope that when they transition to a paid service that it is ran a bit better. 




- 
Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
http://www.ics-il.com 

Midwest-IX 
http://www.midwest-ix.com 

- Original Message -

From: "David Hubbard"  
To: nanog@nanog.org 
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 7:20:49 AM 
Subject: Alternative for Google Safe Browsing for Network Administrators? 



Just received notice that Google is eliminating the Safe Browsing for Network 
Administrators service…. in favor of a new paid alternative; imagine that. 

Are there recommended similar services out there that will send netblock owners 
alerts related to suspected compromised websites, malware distribution, C&C, 
etc. activity? 

Thanks 


Alternative for Google Safe Browsing for Network Administrators?

2020-05-12 Thread David Hubbard
Just received notice that Google is eliminating the Safe Browsing for Network 
Administrators service…. in favor of a new paid alternative; imagine that.

Are there recommended similar services out there that will send netblock owners 
alerts related to suspected compromised websites, malware distribution, C&C, 
etc. activity?

Thanks


An appeal for more bandwidth to the Internet Archive

2020-05-12 Thread Jared Brown
Hello all!

Last week the Internet Archive upgraded their bandwidth 30% from 47 Gbps to 62 
Gbps. It was all gobbled up immediately. There's a lovely solid green graph 
showing how usage grows vertically as each interface comes online until it too 
is 100% saturated. Looking at the graph legend you can see that their usage for 
the past 24 hours averages 49.76G on their 50G of transport.

To see the pretty pictures follow the below link:
https://blog.archive.org/2020/05/11/thank-you-for-helping-us-increase-our-bandwidth/

Relevant parts from the blog post:
"A year ago, usage was 30Gbits/sec. At the beginning of this year, we were at 
40Gbits/sec, and we were handling it. ... 

Then Covid-19 hit and demand rocketed to 50Gbits/sec and overran our network 
infrastructure’s ability to handle it.  So much so, our network statistics 
probes had difficulty collecting data (hence the white spots in the graphs). 

We bought a second router with new line cards, and got it installed and running 
(and none of this is easy during a pandemic), and increased our capacity from 
47Gbits/sec peak to 62Gbits/sec peak.   And we are handling it better, but it 
is still consumed."

It is obvious that the Internet Archive needs more bandwidth to power the 
Wayback machine and to fulfill its mission of being the Internet library and 
the historic archive of our times.

The Internet Archive is present at Digital Realty SFO (200 Paul) and a member 
of the San Francisco Metropolitan Internet Exchange (SFMIX). 
I appeal to all list members present or capable of getting to these facilities 
to peer with and/or donate bandwidth to the Internet Archive.
I appeal to all vendors and others with equipment that they can donate to the 
Internet Archive to contact them so that they can scale their services and 
sustain their growth.

The Internet Archive is currently running 10G equipment. If you can help them 
gain 100G connectivity, 100G routing, 100G switching and/or 100G DWDM 
capabilities, please reach out to them. They have the infrastructure and dark 
fiber to transition to 100G, but lack the equipment. You can find the Internet 
Archive's contact information below or you can contact Jonah at the Archive Org 
directly either by email or via the contact information available on his 
Twitter profile @jonahedwards.

You can also donate at https://archive.org/donate/
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Donations are  tax-deductible.


Contact information:
https://archive.org/about/contact.php

Volunteering:
https://archive.org/about/volunteerpositions.php


Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the Internet Archive. Nobody asked me to 
write this post. If something angers you about this post, be angry at me. I 
merely think that the Internet Archive is a good thing and deserves our support.

Jared