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

Leif Sawyer lsawyer at gci.com
Fri Jun 13 19:33:59 EDT 2014


I was really hoping somebody would suggest, perhaps, some sort
of easy-to-apply scaling algorithm so that it makes it easier for
the smaller guys to get the space they need, but harder for the bigger
guys to game the system.

I'm sure there's some sort of curve that fits, but my advanced maths
are limited to Pythagoras.


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From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Lyon
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 2:41 PM
To: Tim Gimmel
Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net List
Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Policy discussion - Method of calculating utilization

Tim,

I am also uncertain of the current status but would like to see some progress.

Thanks, Jeff

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 5:50 AM, Tim Gimmel <Tim.Gimmel at metronetinc.com> wrote:
> I not really sure where this policy discussion is at the moment, but I want to assert the current method places a strain on small carriers just trying to do business.  We are in the process of implementing IPv6, but is will be a long journey.
> Overall I am way past 80% utilization, but because my last allocation (and this is based on actual usage, not just what has been 'swiped') has not yet reached 80% we are practically stymied.
>
> Tim's 2 cents!
>
> Tim
>
> Tim Gimmel
> Metronet | Senior Network Engineer
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] 
>> On Behalf Of Owen DeLong
>> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 8:14 PM
>> To: Jeffrey Lyon
>> Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net List
>> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Policy discussion - Method of calculating 
>> utilization
>>
>> While I support Jeffry's proposal for changing the calculation 
>> method, in terms of changing the threshold, I'd like to say that I 
>> really think it is time to stop trying to re-arrange the IPv4 deck 
>> chairs and get on board the IPv6 luxury liners that have come to 
>> rescue us from the sinking IPv4 ship.
>>
>> Owen
>>
>> On May 2, 2014, at 6:04 PM, Jeffrey Lyon 
>> <jeffrey.lyon at blacklotus.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Jimmy Hess <mysidia at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 7:33 PM, John Santos <JOHN at egh.com> wrote:
>> >>> On Fri, 2 May 2014, Jimmy Hess wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I think 95% is too high, if the previous example of 3 /24's at 
>> >>> 100% and
>> >>> 1 /24 at 75% is realistic.  That works out to 93.75% aggregate 
>> >>> utilization, not quite reaching the bar, so 90% might be a better
>> threshold.
>> >>
>> >> For 3 /24s   yes.      The difficulty here, is trying to pick a single
>> >> utilization proportion that works regardless   of the aggregate
>> >> allocation size, to allow for the loss of the oddball /26 or /27 that
>> >> can neither be returned nor reused,    perhaps another method is in
>> >> order  than presuming a single   aggregate utilization criterion  is
>> >> the most proper.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The more resources you are allocated,  the more opportunity to make
>> >> your resource allocation efficient.    By the time you get down to a
>> >> /26,   an entire  /24 is less than 0.4%.
>> >>
>> >> Aggregate Resources Allocated                     Required Aggregate
>> >> Utilization criterion
>> >> more than a /25                                                75%
>> >> more than a /22,                                               80%
>> >> more than a /20                                                85%
>> >> more than a /19                                                90%
>> >> more than a /18                                                95%
>> >> more than a /17                                                97%
>> >> more than a /16                                                98%
>> >> more than a /15                                                99%
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> OTOH, /24's are pretty small and maybe that example was just for 
>> >>> illustration.  If people really in this situation have much 
>> >>> larger allocations, they would be easier to slice and dice and 
>> >>> thus use
>> >>> (relatively) efficiently.  75% of a /24 leaves just 64 addresses 
>> >>> (a
>> >>> /26) unused, which even if contiguous are hard to redeploy for 
>> >>> some other use.  75% of a /16 would leave 16384 unused addresses, 
>> >>> which
>> could be utilized much more easily.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Personally, I don't much care since my company has its /24, and 
>> >>> that's probably all the IPv4 we'll ever need :-)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> John Santos
>> >>> Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc.
>> >>> 781-861-0670 ext 539
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> -JH
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>> > Jimmy,
>> >
>> > I would not support scaling this beyond 80% except at the larger 
>> > allocation levels (eg. perhaps /17 and shorter, aggregate).
>> >
>> > As a practical matter I believe these measures should be handled as 
>> > separate policy proposals. The current proposal should be limited 
>> > to the calculation method and perhaps you could write a new 
>> > proposal if you wanted to change the utilization threshold?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > --
>> > Jeffrey A. Lyon, CISSP-ISSMP
>> > Fellow, Black Lotus Communications
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