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Virtual IP: cache in Miami (MIA) · V-20
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Runbook V-20 for Virtual IP in Miami (MIA). Marker xserv-v-79a9497bfdf7. This page covers cache for LATAM operators, not a worldwide average.
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: Failure modes we actually see
Capacity notes for v-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.
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.
Virtual IP headers V-09
Headers for v-09 carry the letter, the region (GRU) and a request id. Virtual IP debugging in São Paulo should not require a packet capture in Santiago first.
Virtual IP timeouts V-10
Timeouts on v-10 are tighter than the WAN RTT to Bogotá. Virtual IP in Santiago fails fast and retries once; a third try needs a human because it is no longer a blip.
- Is transit the default path?
- No. Peering in Miami is default; transit to São Paulo is overflow and is billed that way.
- 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.