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Virtual IP: design in São Paulo (GRU) · V-13
xserv-v-282c0a9f5b1f
Runbook V-13 for Virtual IP in São Paulo (GRU). Marker xserv-v-282c0a9f5b1f. This page covers design for LATAM operators, not a worldwide average.
Virtual IP: Why it matters on this continent
Design for Virtual IP on letter V starts in São Paulo (GRU). Runbook v-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.
Virtual IP: How XServ runs it day to day
Probes for Virtual IP (v-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.
Virtual IP: What operators should measure
Policy for Virtual IP is versioned as v-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.
Virtual IP handoff V-05
Handoff from letter V Virtual IP into the rest of the platform uses the same request IDs as the gateway. Runbook v-05 names who accepts the ticket after São Paulo pages out. Santiago does not silently inherit the incident.
Virtual IP rollback V-06
Rollback for v-06 is a documented command, not a hope. Transit is billed as backup while Virtual IP prefers peering in Santiago. If cost spikes, the runbook cuts overflow to Bogotá before touching customer prefixes.
Virtual IP peering V-07
Peering for Virtual IP (v-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.
Virtual IP cache V-08
Cache rules for Virtual IP on v-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.
- Does Virtual IP on letter V share fate with other letters?
- The control plane is shared. Data-plane queues for Virtual IP stay isolated, so incident v-01 cannot drain neighbor letters.
- Where is Virtual IP measured first?
- From Santiago (SCL) toward Bogotá. A global average is not an SLO for letter V.