Anycast / a
Anycast: docs in Miami (MIA) · A-48
xserv-a-55d5f326609c
Runbook A-48 for Anycast in Miami (MIA). Marker xserv-a-55d5f326609c. This page covers docs for LATAM operators, not a worldwide average.
Anycast: A note on cost and transit
Rollback for a-06 is a documented command, not a hope. Transit is billed as backup while Anycast prefers peering in Santiago. If cost spikes, the runbook cuts overflow to Bogotá before touching customer prefixes.
Anycast: Why it matters on this continent
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: 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 handoff A-05
Handoff from letter A Anycast into the rest of the platform uses the same request IDs as the gateway. Runbook a-05 names who accepts the ticket after São Paulo pages out. Santiago does not silently inherit the incident.
Anycast rollback A-06
Rollback for a-06 is a documented command, not a hope. Transit is billed as backup while Anycast prefers peering in Santiago. If cost spikes, the runbook cuts overflow to Bogotá before touching customer prefixes.
Anycast peering A-07
Peering for Anycast (a-07) prefers the IX fabric that already carries last-mile ISPs in Bogotá. Session counts and prefix limits are on the same page as the Miami backup path.
Anycast cache A-08
Cache rules for Anycast on a-08 keep language-correct objects near Miami. São Paulo is a sibling cache, not an origin. TTLs are short enough that a bad asset does not live through a weekend.
- 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.