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[qllonceagain]

Traceroutes to 3 DCs from 2 locations. Can you tell which DC is the best? Can I say that CNC's peering to North America is only using alter.net, and the other two have multi home?

chinamobile

202# traceroute -I 211.138.109.34
traceroute to 211.138.109.34 (211.138.109.34), 64 hops max, 60 byte packets
 9  0.so-2-1-0.XL1.DFW9.ALTER.NET (152.63.101.249)  3.040 ms  3.062 ms  32.344 ms
10  0.so-5-0-0.XL1.LAX1.ALTER.NET (152.63.116.197)  36.432 ms  36.714 ms  36.571 ms
11  0.so-2-0-0.IG3.LAX1.ALTER.NET (152.63.57.93)  36.659 ms  36.612 ms  36.668 ms
12  chinamobile7-gw.customer.alter.net (157.130.245.190)  216.877 ms  222.687 ms  228.702 ms
13  218.200.251.221 (218.200.251.221)  222.096 ms  231.903 ms  229.729 ms

> traceroute -I 211.138.109.34
traceroute to 211.138.109.34 (211.138.109.34), 64 hops max, 60 byte packets
 8  dcr1-so-3-0-0.Chicago.savvis.net (208.175.10.81)  82.665 ms  59.000 ms  74.539 ms
 9  savvis-gw.cgcil02ck4.ip.att.net (208.175.10.94)  54.582 ms  44.902 ms  45.298 ms
10  tbr1-p010401.cgcil.ip.att.net (12.123.6.66)  103.916 ms  100.789 ms  103.697 ms
11  tbr1-cl1.sffca.ip.att.net (12.122.10.6)  108.849 ms  100.779 ms  101.649 ms
12  tbr1-cl3.la2ca.ip.att.net (12.122.10.26)  127.163 ms  101.676 ms  101.482 ms
13  gar2-p310.lsrca.ip.att.net (12.123.199.117)  100.162 ms  100.514 ms  100.550 ms
14  12.118.130.26 (12.118.130.26)  244.529 ms  226.461 ms  266.772 ms
15  218.200.251.221 (218.200.251.221)  263.315 ms  251.881 ms  280.559 ms

china-unicom

202#  traceroute -I 61.243.80.218
traceroute to 61.243.80.218 (61.243.80.218), 64 hops max, 60 byte packets
 6  dcr2-so-2-0-0.LosAngeles.savvis.net (204.70.192.86)  60.683 ms  34.300 ms  34.490 ms
 7  dcr1-as0-0.LosAngeles.savvis.net (204.70.192.117)  35.409 ms  34.522 ms  34.385 ms
 8  bpr1-ae0.LosAngeles.savvis.net (208.172.44.6)  34.158 ms  33.900 ms  34.027 ms
 9  china-unicom-corporation-limited.LosAngeles.savvis.net (208.173.57.2)  304.463 ms  304.436 ms  304.440 ms
10  211.94.39.73 (211.94.39.73)  305.801 ms  305.560 ms  310.824 ms


> traceroute -I 61.243.80.218
traceroute to 61.243.80.218 (61.243.80.218), 64 hops max, 60 byte packets
12  0.so-6-0-0.XL2.NYC9.ALTER.NET (152.63.18.222)  37.974 ms  38.801 ms  44.342 ms
13  0.so-4-0-0.XL2.LAX1.ALTER.NET (152.63.57.74)  105.269 ms  106.581 ms  96.085 ms
14  POS7-0.GW1.LAX1.ALTER.NET (152.63.112.213)  102.565 ms  111.711 ms  107.340 ms
15  chinaunicom-gw.customer.alter.net (157.130.214.146)  100.574 ms  162.758 ms  102.704 ms
16  211.94.55.253 (211.94.55.253)  265.440 ms  266.071 ms  268.940 ms

cncnet

202# traceroute -I 218.26.211.18
traceroute to 218.26.211.18 (218.26.211.18), 64 hops max, 60 byte packets
 9  0.so-2-1-0.XL1.DFW9.ALTER.NET (152.63.101.249)  9.920 ms  7.132 ms  4.694 ms
10  0.so-5-0-0.XL1.LAX1.ALTER.NET (152.63.116.197)  39.915 ms  36.457 ms  36.631 ms
11  194.ATM4-0.IG1.LAX1.ALTER.NET (152.63.112.233)  36.559 ms  36.642 ms  36.966 ms
12  cncnet-gw.customer.alter.net (157.130.245.50)  227.765 ms  229.884 ms  234.383 ms
13  219.158.3.25 (219.158.3.25)  243.570 ms  240.700 ms  241.499 ms

> traceroute -I 218.26.211.18
traceroute to 218.26.211.18 (218.26.211.18), 64 hops max, 60 byte packets
 8  so-4-3-0.mpr1.ord7.us.above.net (64.124.11.21)  30.780 ms  27.257 ms  37.734 ms
 9  above-oc12.ord.ALTER.net (64.125.12.246)  31.382 ms  28.347 ms  31.147 ms
10  0.so-5-2-0.XL1.CHI2.ALTER.NET (152.63.68.2)  32.650 ms  33.680 ms  30.683 ms
11  0.so-5-0-0.XL1.LAX1.ALTER.NET (152.63.116.197)  89.845 ms  91.725 ms  87.095 ms
12  194.ATM5-0.IG1.LAX1.ALTER.NET (152.63.112.225)  89.446 ms  84.869 ms  85.851 ms
13  cncnet-gw.customer.alter.net (157.130.245.50)  393.736 ms  394.572 ms  388.548 ms
14  219.158.3.25 (219.158.3.25)  501.006 ms  389.970 ms  379.638 ms

[IRCCo Jeff]

All things equal, as it pertains to international transit, I would sooner take a UUnet single homed provider over one who is multihomed to several lesser providers.