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Re: Qwest desires mesh to reduce unused standby capacity

  • From: Paul Wall
  • Date: Thu Feb 28 02:23:11 2008
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On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Frank Bulk - iNAME <[email protected]> wrote:

To keep this OT as much as possible, my question is if a mesh-configuration
of backup routes (where one link could provide 'protection' for many) would
be considered a sufficient replacement for SONET rings, or if the Qwest CTO
is really trying to get out of providing sub 50-msec protected loops and
encouraging L3 and above protection schemes, so that they can even further
over-subscribe their network.

Frank


UU/MFS tried running IP on the 'protect' path of their SONET rings 10 years ago. It didn't work then.

More seriously, you *can* avoid using protected links for IP (which is what Qwest seems to suggest) easily, and allegedly using MPLS/FRR you could have sub-second reroute times without having full dedicated protect path.

Building your network on preemptable links (the protect-side) as UU did back in the day is probably of the "I encourage my competitors to do this" solutions.

Paul "Selling more grillz than George Foreman" Wall