[atlas] Are there plans for faster than 1G anchors?

vm virtual image would be great though so that underlying network would be transparent to the application.

Colin

> On 20 Apr 2017, at 15:10, Romeo Zwart <romeo.zwart at ripe.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bryan,
> 
> On 17/04/13 19:40 , Bryan Socha wrote:
>> We're finding it harder and harder to support the 1G nic interface on
>> the anchors.   We'd love to add more but would need a 10g port at
>> minimum (25G or 40G would also work).   
>> 
>> Are there any plans to update them for networks that can't easily
>> support a 1G nic?
> 
> Interesting question. :) I can see the logic of this from the
> perspective of some operators. However, we are not considering adding
> 10GE or higher port speeds to the RIPE Atlas anchors. The reasons for
> this are manyfold:
> 
> - Though this would possibly be technically feasible with some Soekris
> models that have PCI Express capabilities, there would be a non-trivial
> and as yet undefined amount of engineering work involved for us to make
> this an operationally supported option.
> - By expanding hardware support options we increase the burden on our
> limited-resourced operational team.
> - The current GE port speed already is a significant overkill for a
> measurement network that is not designed to do capacity/throughput
> tests. As a side note: we also have a strong requirement from many of
> our anchor hosts in other regions of the world to keep the actual
> bandwidth requirements for the anchors in the order of kilobits per
> second or less.
> - Our assessment is that most of our anchor hosts (current and
> prospective) will be able to support 1G somewhere in their networks for
> at least the next 3-5 years.
> 
> I hope this clarifies our reasoning and addresses your question.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Romeo
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Bryan Socha
>> Network Engineer
>> DigitalOcean
>> 
> 
>