NTAC Peering Working Group

["Schopis, Paul" <>]

Actually a substantial number of the RONs already have caches. 


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Subject: Re: Netflix-TransitRail updates

Would Netflix be able to identify I2 sites that would benefit from a local 
cache?

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> On Feb 26, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Jeff Bartig 
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>  wrote:
> 
> 
> NTAC Peering WG,
> 
> I wanted to send out a quick alert about some upcoming TransitRail 
> Netflix capacity changes and expected higher Netflix traffic over the 
> next several days.
> 
> I've had a recent conversation with Netflix about peering capacity 
> with TransitRail.  The 10G private peering interfaces in Ashburn, 
> Dallas, and Chicago have been very busy lately.
> 
> As a result of the conversation, Netflix and Internet2 are working on 
> a couple of capacity additions.  The top priority will be upgrading 
> Ashburn to 2x10G and adding a new 10G interconnect in Los Angeles, 
> where only public peering exists today.  This Los Angeles addition 
> will allow traffic currently being served through Dallas to be shifted 
> to Los Angeles instead.  We are also working on upgrading Chicago from 
> 10 to 2x10G.
> 
> In the interim, we are doing some traffic engineering to better 
> balance Netflix traffic across the existing interconnects.
> 
> Netflix also gave us a head up that they have new TV series releases 
> happening over the coming weeks that will result in periods of higher 
> than normal traffic.  Tomorrow, Friday, February 27 will be the 
> release of the new season of House of Cards.  TransitRail saw a 40% 
> increase in evening Netflix traffic at the time of the House of Cards 
> season 2 release a year ago.  The increased traffic lasted several 
> days.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> --
> Jeff Bartig
> Internet2 TransitRail
> University of Wisconsin
> 
> (608) 262-8336