Because in networking, if you buy two uplinks and don't check the paths they're taking, fate demands that the fiber seeking back hoe just took out that one duct it turns out both of your "redundant" lines go down
even with KMZs supplied, this still happens. complications in some cases. but an IP product (like starlink), i dont see the same equivalence. at what point does fate sharing analysis end in such a scenario?
That's the point. If you want a reliable separate path, you must test it, and you must be prepared to spend time and money on fixing it. The tests include calling up the engineering manager for the separate path and verifying that it has not been "re-groomed" into sharing a path with your primary -- monthly or quarterly, depending on your risk tolerance.
Operations work does not end because the world keeps changing.
rlt|1 year ago
In practice I don’t know how rapidly they’re able to route around damage to the ground network that could be shared, though.
yusyusyus|1 year ago
dsr_|1 year ago
That's the point. If you want a reliable separate path, you must test it, and you must be prepared to spend time and money on fixing it. The tests include calling up the engineering manager for the separate path and verifying that it has not been "re-groomed" into sharing a path with your primary -- monthly or quarterly, depending on your risk tolerance.
Operations work does not end because the world keeps changing.
erincandescent|1 year ago
From there the worst that can happen generally is that the packets spiral the wrong way around the continent
immibis|1 year ago