[afnog] IP transit and Load Balancing

[Mark Tinka]

On 10/Jun/15 00:20, Joey ESQUIBAL wrote:
> Hi Nishal,
>
>
> Joey: In fact, I have two IP Transit now and I plan to maintain the
> same. I’m planning on having three but I think two should be more than
> enough already. So I think I'm in good shape.

After two transit providers, considering three or more should be driven
by something specific you're trying to solve, e.g., latency reduction,
balance to cut cost, presence in a region they cover, e.t.c. I would
caution against adding transit providers for its own sake.

If your needs are not complex, two is more than enough.

>
> Joey: unfortunately, all of these circuits are ending in 4 different
> locations. But yes, I agree with you to centralise the two locations
> to make it easier to manage my bandwidth.

Check whether your providers support BGP communities that can tell them
what to do with your traffic. As it's all on-net for them, you can steer
traffic toward whichever link you want even though your physical
interconnects are geographically dispersed, without too much trickery on
your part.

Mark.
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