Re: [OT] Internet lag/connectivity options

["Chris Bond" <chris@xxxxxxx>]

If you have an QoS in place on your core routers and some sort of traffic
shaping you cant go to far wrong usually.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:35 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Internet lag/connectivity options


>
> Hi All
>
> This is totally OT, but I know there's lots of clever IT types on the
> list....
>
> We're setting up a system between my company, and 2 other third-party
> companies.  One of these is based in the US and has a leased line into
us,
> so no probs.  The other is based in Milton Keynes, and requires
connectivity
> into our SAP system in Dallas, which they'll get via a web front-end.
This
> isn't high-bandwidth stuff, but the screen refreshes must be fast,
with no
> noticeable lag.  We'd originally planned to do this over the web, but
the
> other companies have big concerns about slowed response times during
the
> afternoon (when the US wakes up); apparently they've had problems
before.
>
> So, on the basis that we don't want to spend a small fortune on a
dedicated
> leased line, what other options do we have??  We could host the SAP
Web
> server in the UK, but I'm not sure that would help.  We've currently
got a
> 2Mb VPN connection between us and our US parent company, but
presumably
this
> is also venerable to the web slowdown?
>
> In summary - we have VPN to our parent company.  Third-party 1, also
based
> near Dallas, has multiple leased-lines into the parent company.
Third-party
> 2, in MK, has a 20Gb(!) internet pipe, but no other existing
connectivity
to
> us.  We need to provide on-line access to the MK company, with no
noticeable
> contention, but for the lowest cost solution (but they will not accept
a
> 'web-based' solution, though that is open to interpretation.
>
> Email me off-list if you prefer.
>
> Thanks, Pete
>
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