Backbone / b
Backbone: docs in Miami (MIA) · B-24
xserv-b-8871e815fe4d
Runbook B-24 for Backbone in Miami (MIA). Marker xserv-b-8871e815fe4d. This page covers docs for LATAM operators, not a worldwide average.
Backbone: A note on cost and transit
Rollback for b-06 is a documented command, not a hope. Transit is billed as backup while Backbone prefers peering in Santiago. If cost spikes, the runbook cuts overflow to Bogotá before touching customer prefixes.
Backbone: Why it matters on this continent
Design for Backbone on letter B starts in São Paulo (GRU). Runbook b-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.
Backbone: How XServ runs it day to day
Probes for Backbone (b-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.
Backbone cache B-08
Cache rules for Backbone on b-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.
Backbone headers B-09
Headers for b-09 carry the letter, the region (GRU) and a request id. Backbone debugging in São Paulo should not require a packet capture in Santiago first.
Backbone timeouts B-10
Timeouts on b-10 are tighter than the WAN RTT to Bogotá. Backbone in Santiago fails fast and retries once; a third try needs a human because it is no longer a blip.
Backbone regions B-11
Region names on b-11 match DNS and tickets: Bogotá / BOG, with Miami as the documented pair. Backbone dashboards never say “LATAM” as if it were one RTT.
- Is transit the default path?
- No. Peering in Miami is default; transit to São Paulo is overflow and is billed that way.
- Does Backbone on letter B share fate with other letters?
- The control plane is shared. Data-plane queues for Backbone stay isolated, so incident b-01 cannot drain neighbor letters.