Re: experience with equinix exchange

["Robert E. Seastrom" <rs () seastrom com>]

Paul is pretty clueful; I think he was asking for specifics as to what
the layer 8/9 issues are at Equinix, rather than an explanation of
what layer 8 and 9 means.

"Fly Fast",

-r


Justin Horstman <justin.horstman () gorillanation com> writes:

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul WALL [mailto:pauldotwall () gmail com]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 10:55 AM
> > To: Mehmet Akcin
> > Cc: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Re: experience with equinix exchange
> >
> > What are the layer 8-9 issues?
> >
> > Drive Slow,
> > Paul Wall
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Mehmet Akcin <mehmet () akcin net>
> > wrote:
> > > On Nov 18, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Shacolby Jackson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Has anyone had any experience (good or bad) with their exchange at
> > any of
> > > > their major datacenters, especially Great Oaks? We're wondering if
> > people
> > > > really love or hate it.
> > > >
> > > > -shac
> > >
> > >
> > > Equinix does a fair job running 7 layers , however the layer8 and
> > layer9 seem the lacking part
> > > which could have been improved greatly. in Great Oaks / SJC , they
> > seem to be the largest IX
> > > per
> > https://www.peeringdb.com/private/exchange_view.php?id=5&peerParticipan
> > tsPublicsOrder=Sorter_policy&peerParticipantsPublicsDir=DESC
> > > so being there while you are in that location seems good, and they
> > are reliable.
> > > mehmet