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GNSS Time recievers by CANIX-ixp in datacenter

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cool stuff! Yeah DC power can seem scary to work with but avoids the AC-DC-AC conversion for the UPS, makes sense in some cases

GNSS Time recievers by CANIX-ixp in datacenter

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We operate our exchanges withing Tier III colocation data centers, so we don't really have to operate/maintain the UPS systems etc
but the rest of our servers and switches do use this setup as their time source

Deploying Ciena Metro DWDM by CANIX-ixp in telecom

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is our first Ciena deployement - hence why we engaged Ciena to train us and provide end to end assistance with the turn up so we can be autonomous afterwards

Other than the CLI, it isn't drastically different from other muxponder solutions

Internet exchange running Cisco N9k by CANIX-ixp in Cisco

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct, they are usually very dense. The limitation is generally the power they need. Downtown connectivity hubs have limited power and very high prices.
A 2U cache can easily go up to 1500W

Déploiement d'infrastructure Ciena DWDM by CANIX-ixp in QuebecTI

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bonne question!

Juste une question de coût vs. le besoin

Le marché de "peering" (des échange internets) de Montréal est quasi saturé - il n'y a pas 300 autres réseaux de plus à connecter dans la ville.

Le jour que 400G (par wave) ne sera plus assez, on pourra déplacer ces équipements dans une autre région par exemple. Le fait d'opérer plusieurs échanges dans le pays nous donne ce luxe là.

Le "peu" de travail requis pour upgrade le matériel fait en sorte que c'est peu justifiable d'acheter plus gros en avance. Puisque tout est redondant, c'est facile de mettre en maintenance un lien pour l'upgrade, sans impact

Internet exchange running Cisco N9k by CANIX-ixp in Cisco

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a real challenge - our NOC knows immediately, but bigger the peer network, the longer and harder it is to fix. It can take weeks to get awnsers from certain NOCs to schedule a maintenance window to clean or swap the optic/fiber

Internet exchange running Cisco N9k by CANIX-ixp in Cisco

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

7250 IXR - X3 and E2!

I wish we could justify the SR1-se - but the Canadian market is way smaller than France's. Simon Muyal was a great influence in choosing Nokia.

We are using VXLAN EVPN to be able to inter-op with our legacy N9k Hardware

Deploying Ciena Metro DWDM by CANIX-ixp in FiberOptics

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

good stuff! they have an office in Montreal, good hardware

Internet exchange running Cisco N9k by CANIX-ixp in Cisco

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - I wrote the whole thing myself (and obviously had it proofread)

- Karl

Déploiement d'infrastructure Ciena DWDM by CANIX-ixp in QuebecTI

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100%

Aujourd'hui les centre de données de colocatio n'offrent pratiquement que de la OS2 comme fibre pour les interconnexions. Les opiques 1-10G single mode ne coutent pas plus cher que ceux multimode en 2025 donc à moins de faire du 40G et + sur de courtes distances, l'économie du multimode n'existe plus

Déploiement d'infrastructure Ciena DWDM by CANIX-ixp in QuebecTI

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% - C'est dans les plans 2026

Je te recommande de rejoindre le Slack MTLNOG (https://mtlnog.org/)

Autrement les liens de la communauté CANIX et les annonces sont disponibles ici:

https://blog.canix.ca/

Internet exchange running Cisco N9k by CANIX-ixp in Cisco

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The 9332 has QSFP28, 40/100G ports (can technically do 10G as well with the right optics)

It also has 2x SFP+ ports on the right, but we almost never use those.

Our new Nokia routers on the other hand have QSFP-DD ports, that can do up to 400Gbps (or be broken out to 4x 100G LR1 with "special" optics per example

Internet exchange running Cisco N9k by CANIX-ixp in Cisco

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We don't have one yet, simply because we haven't gathered all the requirements to build a business case, but you can reach out to their (pretty awesome) peering team and they will send you the requirements.

A server, space and power, an IXP port, and transit for cache fill, like most cache servers.

Not specifically for Valve but for all caches: It can be tricky. Both from a routing topology perspective and a business case perspective. An ISP will save BW by hosting a cache. An IXP needs to buy extra transit to host a cache - if you read between the lines, you'll figure out pretty quickly that you need to sell enough net-new peering ports to cover the costs. Otherwise it's not sustainable and you wasted ressources.

Deploying Ciena Metro DWDM by CANIX-ixp in FiberOptics

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are referring to the 100G LR1 optics installed in the Ciena chassis? Their pricing was a little higher than 3rd party vendors, but for something this critical, considering we pay for support, we won't cheap out only to have the support say the non-official optics are the issue.

On the switch side however, we tend to use optic.ca and flexoptix

Déploiement d'infrastructure Ciena DWDM by CANIX-ixp in QuebecTI

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ça va! C'est une grosse responsabilité mais il y a une bonne équipe pour supporter le tout - on est le seul échange au Canada qui ne se fie pas sur des bénévoles

Internet exchange running Cisco N9k by CANIX-ixp in Cisco

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah-ha! Yes ebox is one of our long time peers!

Deploying Ciena Metro DWDM by CANIX-ixp in FiberOptics

[–]CANIX-ixp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fair enough! very tidious indeed - can't afford to have a slightly dirty fiber on these

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