[Sks-devel] pool for Africa?

[Hendrik Visage]

Good day,

As I’m busy setting up and deploying SKS servers at INX)ZA sites (three at present) and some of the other African peering points, the question arose: how many servers would be needed to make a sensible pool for Africa?

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[Andrew Gallagher]

Post by Hendrik Visage
Good day,
 As I’m busy setting up and deploying SKS servers at INX)ZA sites (three
at present) and some of the other African peering points, the question
arose: how many servers would be needed to make a sensible pool for Africa?

There is an inbuilt assumption here, which is that "Africa" is a
meaningful division in the first place. In the world of network
topology, many African countries - particularly in the north - are
better connected to Europe than they are to their African neighbours...

[Hendrik Visage]

Post by Andrew Gallagher

Post by Hendrik Visage
Good day,
As I’m busy setting up and deploying SKS servers at INX)ZA sites (three
at present) and some of the other African peering points, the question
arose: how many servers would be needed to make a sensible pool for Africa?

There is an inbuilt assumption here, which is that "Africa" is a
meaningful division in the first place. In the world of network
topology, many African countries - particularly in the north - are
better connected to Europe than they are to their African neighbours


Granted, for the North then the eu.pool would be more appropriate :)

Thus, perhaps I should then re-phrase: “A southern and eastern Africa pool”
The group that I envisage to be part of that pool, have usually reasonable inter connections, and the deployments are to be at INXs, and at minimum intra-peering within these servers at the INXs.