Equinix leaving 8 data centers
From the Foundations newsletter. https://www.foundations.email/ Equinix Departing Leased Data Centers – In an email to customers late last week, Equinix shared its intentions to not renew leases for 8 of its data centers across the US, including notable locations such as 56 Marietta …
Vultr announces $150 million funding
Constant, the creator of the Vultr cloud computing and bare metal platform, has announced a $150 million credit facility from J.P. Morgan and Bank of America. This includes a $25 million uncommitted expansion option to accommodate future growth, and Constant …
Some fiber testing and verification
Testing a fiber cross-connect at a data center. #packetsdownrange
Common ISP outage causes
Over the years I have been able to narrow the most common reasons a service provider goes down or has an outage. This is, by no means, an extensive list. Let’s jump in. Layer1 outages Physical layer outages are the …
Indiana Bell Building Moved in 1930
Between Oct. 12 and Nov. 14 1930 the eight-story 11,000-ton Indiana Bell building was shifted 52 feet south along Meridian St. and rotated 90 degrees to face New York St. Workmen used a concrete mat cushioned by Oregon fir timbers …
Data Center much needed “hacks”
Over the years I have worked in hundreds of data centers. The number is probably closer to 1,000 than 100. Each data center has its own nuances and policies. This varies by company but can vary by data center within …
Featured Udemy Course: Networking
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Loadbalancing with Mikortik
Tomas Kirnak has a great presentation on load balancing and Mikrotik. The PDF is available for direct download here: https://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/US12/tomas.pdf
Mikrotik adds btest.exe back
If you are looking for a way to bandwidth test from a PC through to a Mikrotik, here is your solution. https://mt.lv/btest It supports RouterOS version 6.43 and newer. Advice from Mikrotik:Please remember that Bandwidth Test uses a lot of …
DNS shotgun for DNS testing
DNS Shotgun is capable of simulating real client behaviour by replaying captured traffic over selected protocol(s). The timing of original queries as well as their content is kept intact. https://dns-shotgun.readthedocs.io/en/stable/key-concepts/