[arin-ppml] Policy discussion - Method of calculating utilization

[Jeffrey Lyon]

Scott,

In my mind this does not have anything to do with free pool or
transfers, rather it is a measure to save time both for the applicant
and ARIN and to fix a disparity between how small organizations
request space versus large. Right now it is easier for organizations
with large allocations to request space. It is very difficult to make
sure every single small allocation is justified to 80% vs. doing the
same if you only had one or two very large allocations. What happens
in practice is that a smaller organization with many small allocations
(eg. /21 and /22) will have to individually justify every assignment
which may put their utilization at 90%+ before they're allowed to
request space where a larger organization will never run into this
problem.

This is something I brought up in 2011 (iirc).

Thanks, Jeff

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Scott Leibrand <scottleibrand at gmail.com> wrote:
> This seems to me like a reasonable operational practice for ARIN to use to
> help prevent a run on the remaining free pool from organizations with large
> quantities of existing space.
>
> Are you trying to change this before free pool runout, or are you concerned
> with making needs justification a bit easier for transfers once the free
> pool is exhausted? I would support the latter, but not the former.
>
> -Scott
>
>
> On Wednesday, April 30, 2014, Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon at blacklotus.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> Friends, Colleagues,
>>
>> A couple of years ago I brought up an issue I had run into where the
>> utilization requirement for new requests is being calculated on a per
>> allocation basis rather than in aggregate. For example, if an
>> organization has 4 x /22 and 3 of them are utilized 100% and the
>> fourth utilized at 75%, that request would be denied. This is a bit
>> out of balance as an organization with a single /20 utilized at 80%
>> would have less efficient utilization but would be eligible to request
>> additional space.
>>
>> The last time this was discussed it sounded as if the community would
>> support a policy proposal to change this calculation to be considered
>> in aggregate vs. per assignment. Does this remain the case?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Jeffrey A. Lyon, CISSP-ISSMP
>> Fellow, Black Lotus Communications
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> --
> Scott



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Jeffrey A. Lyon, CISSP-ISSMP
Fellow, Black Lotus Communications
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