[ris-int] Re: [jhorn at terremark.com: RIS in Miami]

Hi all,

>   "You are adding more and more collectors. How many are enough?"

This question came up in a workshop on BGP where there was a proposal
to install 1 RRC-like device at _every_ IX in the world.  That means
something like 100-200 of them.  This is a non-trivial operation to
install and maintain, so the question came up: what can one do with N
points, what does an N+1'th add.  Nobody of the BGP analysis folks
could give a good answer.  (I did suggest that this would be an
interesting study: take 1 RRC, do some analysis, add a second, repeat
and see what you add, etc.)

The handwaving argument is, of course, list all AS that we peer with,
list AS present at the new location, if there is a huge difference, you'll
learn a lot by adding an IX.  If the difference is small, there isn't.

Also, we should ask if/how NAP (or whoever) wants to promote peering
with the RRC.  This is a problem at some locations.

Henk



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