Anycast / a

Anycast: cache in Miami (MIA) · A-68

xserv-a-1b7e3c46b35b

Runbook A-68 for Anycast in Miami (MIA). Marker xserv-a-1b7e3c46b35b. This page covers cache for LATAM operators, not a worldwide average.

Anycast: How XServ runs it day to day

Probes for Anycast (a-02) leave Santiago every 15s toward Bogotá. XServ pages the named owner if loss or RTT crosses the letter budget. A probe never shares a queue with bulk transfers, so a saturated WAN does not hide a dead PoP.

Anycast: What operators should measure

Policy for Anycast is versioned as a-03. Operators measure error rate, p95 from Bogotá, and time-to-rollback — not a worldwide average. Changes land in Bogotá first, then Miami, with a hold if either region regresses.

Anycast: Failure modes we actually see

Capacity notes for a-04 assume rainy-season power in Miami and festival peaks toward São Paulo. The failure we actually see is a single uplink, not a cartoon partition of the whole continent. Spare ports and a second provider sit on the same runbook.

Anycast design A-01

Design for Anycast on letter A starts in São Paulo (GRU). Runbook a-01 keeps a single owner, a written rollback, and a traffic split that can be reversed without a global freeze. Neighbors in Santiago only take overflow after the local pool fails a health window.

Anycast probe A-02

Probes for Anycast (a-02) leave Santiago every 15s toward Bogotá. XServ pages the named owner if loss or RTT crosses the letter budget. A probe never shares a queue with bulk transfers, so a saturated WAN does not hide a dead PoP.

Anycast policy A-03

Policy for Anycast is versioned as a-03. Operators measure error rate, p95 from Bogotá, and time-to-rollback — not a worldwide average. Changes land in Bogotá first, then Miami, with a hold if either region regresses.

Anycast capacity A-04

Capacity notes for a-04 assume rainy-season power in Miami and festival peaks toward São Paulo. The failure we actually see is a single uplink, not a cartoon partition of the whole continent. Spare ports and a second provider sit on the same runbook.

Is transit the default path?
No. Peering in Miami is default; transit to São Paulo is overflow and is billed that way.
Does Anycast on letter A share fate with other letters?
The control plane is shared. Data-plane queues for Anycast stay isolated, so incident a-01 cannot drain neighbor letters.