I am very pleased to announce that Linode.com has expanded with new space in Hurricane Electric's Fremont, CA data center facility. Hurricane Electric is a Teir 1 provider, operating their own world-class national (and UK) backbone with hundreds of peering partnerships.

All new host machines (host9 and up) will be located at Hurricane Electric.



For more information, please see the Linode Network Infrastructure page.

-Chris

Will the other servers continue to be housed indefinitely at ThePlanet's datacenter?

Absolutely. This is in addition to what we have at ThePlanet, not a replacement at all. There are no plans to discontinue the excellent service we've received from ThePlanet.

Thanks,
-Chris

Does Hurricane Electric block ports in the same fashion that ThePlanet does? (see previous thread). I'm assuming not, as most providers don't.

If they don't, could I request my Linode be moved to a host there? (at your convenience, of course).

Best wishes,

Paul

Can we request to move our Linodes to a machine at HE (I don't mind losing what I have on my Linode at this time, I can set it up again)? And do you have an IP at HE we could trace to? I'm in Europe and I think HE is faster. Thanks

What would be could is if you offered linodes at both.

That way you can have linodes at both it would make for a good back up solution etc.

Adam

You can ping/traceroute host9.linode.com, which is at the HE datacenter.

I'd be willing to move the Linode 64 account to HE since we don't have to transfer your disk images across datacenters. Just fill out a support ticket with your request.

If someone does want to transfer DCs and take their disk images with them, I'd have to charge a small fee ($5-10 bucks) for the admin time and bandwidth.

Thanks,
-Chris

Here in Denmark, host9 (in HE) is slower:

ping -c 10 host8.linode.com
PING host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13) from 10.0.0.2 : 56(84) bytes of data.
[...]
--- host8.linode.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% loss, time 9102ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 169.795/173.760/197.148/7.850 ms



ping -c 10 host9.linode.com
PING host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9) from 10.0.0.2 : 56(84) bytes of data.
[...]
--- host9.linode.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% loss, time 9093ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 210.143/212.694/216.083/1.814 ms


Chris, would it be possible to specify that you want to hosted at ThePlanet when you sign up?

_________________
http://understroem.dk/
http://findhim.com/

I'd love to see traceroutes to both hosts...


Indeed, that is part of the plan (to allow selection of data center) but I have to put some more thought into the design and implementation of the feature-set..

-Chris

The former traceroute was from my home computer. This is from a server located at the DIX (Danish Internet eXchange point):

www:/home/jonas # traceroute host8.linode.com
traceroute to host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 81.19.239.129 (81.19.239.129) 1 ms 0 ms 0 ms
2 1000M.gsr-dixpeer1.jay.net (81.7.128.1) 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms
3 67.17.161.13 (67.17.161.13) 1 ms 2 ms 2 ms
4 pos8-0-2488M.cr1.CPH1.gblx.net (67.17.65.197) 2 ms 2 ms 1 ms
5 pos0-0-2488M.cr2.DAL1.gblx.net (67.17.70.141) 138 ms pos0-0-2488M.cr1.DAL1.gblx.net (67.17.70.137) 142 ms 138 ms
6 so2-0-0-2488M.ar3.DAL1.gblx.net (67.17.70.230) 147 ms 138 ms so3-0-0-2488M.ar3.DAL1.gblx.net (67.17.70.201) 138 ms
7 gblx.ge-0-1-0.cr1.dfw1.nlayer.net (69.31.63.201) 139 ms 138 ms 139 ms
8 theplanet.ge-1-2-0.cr1.dfw1.nlayer.net (69.31.63.2) 139 ms 138 ms 138 ms
9 car1-2-v2.dllstx2.theplanet.com (12.96.160.44) 139 ms 139 ms 139 ms
10 host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13) 138 ms 138 ms 139 ms
www:/home/jonas #
www:/home/jonas #
www:/home/jonas #
www:/home/jonas # traceroute host9.linode.com
traceroute to host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 81.19.239.129 (81.19.239.129) 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms
2 1000M.gsr-dixpeer1.jay.net (81.7.128.1) 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms
3 67.17.161.13 (67.17.161.13) 1 ms 2 ms 2 ms
4 67.17.65.181 (67.17.65.181) 1 ms 2 ms 2 ms
5 67.17.64.38 (67.17.64.38) 32 ms 67.17.64.34 (67.17.64.34) 32 ms 32 ms
6 67.17.66.2 (67.17.66.2) 33 ms 32 ms 67.17.66.30 (67.17.66.30) 32 ms
7 208.185.188.65 (208.185.188.65) 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms
8 208.184.231.174 (208.184.231.174) 33 ms 32 ms 32 ms
9 64.125.31.186 (64.125.31.186) 105 ms 106 ms 105 ms
10 208.184.233.122 (208.184.233.122) 105 ms 105 ms 105 ms
11 64.125.30.166 (64.125.30.166) 178 ms 177 ms 178 ms
12 208.185.175.162 (208.185.175.162) 178 ms 179 ms 178 ms
13 209.249.24.136.he.net (209.249.24.136) 201 ms 204 ms 213 ms
14 pos2-0.gsr12012.fmt.he.net (64.62.249.121) 218 ms 205 ms 210 ms
15 64.62.190.9 (64.62.190.9) 204 ms 210 ms 208 ms

_________________
http://understroem.dk/

http://findhim.com/

The Planet gives has faster ping times, yet less hops are needed to reach HE.net. This is from a residential cable modem connection in New York City.

The Planet ping responce times
The Planet traceroute

HE.net ping responce times
HE.net traceroute

Sunny Dubey

Here are a couple from the UK.

There are 2 sets, one is from a regular cable modem.

The other is from a super janet connection.

UK Residential Cable Connection

C:\Documents and Settings\scm1alg>ping host8.linode.com

Pinging host8.linode.com [64.5.53.13] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.5.53.13: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=46
Reply from 64.5.53.13: bytes=32 time=155ms TTL=46
Reply from 64.5.53.13: bytes=32 time=201ms TTL=46
Reply from 64.5.53.13: bytes=32 time=242ms TTL=46

Ping statistics for 64.5.53.13:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 155ms, Maximum = 242ms, Average = 192ms

C:\Documents and Settings\scm1alg>ping host9.linode.com

Pinging host9.linode.com [64.62.190.9] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.62.190.9: bytes=32 time=165ms TTL=50
Reply from 64.62.190.9: bytes=32 time=165ms TTL=50
Reply from 64.62.190.9: bytes=32 time=193ms TTL=50
Reply from 64.62.190.9: bytes=32 time=189ms TTL=50

Ping statistics for 64.62.190.9:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 165ms, Maximum = 193ms, Average = 178ms

C:\Documents and Settings\scm1alg>tracert host8.linode.com

Tracing route to host8.linode.com [64.5.53.13]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 4 ms 3 ms 8 ms 192.168.100.1
2 90 ms 21 ms 16 ms 172.29.183.254
3 12 ms 12 ms 11 ms cdif-t2cam1-b-ge92.inet.ntl.com [62.254.254.129]

4 11 ms 17 ms 28 ms cdif-t2core-b-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com [62.254.253.
161]
5 15 ms 16 ms 13 ms bre-bb-b-so-300-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.49]

6 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms 195.50.116.133
7 18 ms 16 ms 17 ms so-4-0-0.mp2.london2.level3.net [212.187.129.253
]
8 33 ms 17 ms 50 ms so-1-0-0.mp2.london1.level3.net [212.187.128.54]

9 120 ms 144 ms 120 ms so-1-0-0.bbr2.newyork1.level3.net [212.187.128.1
53]
10 131 ms 131 ms 132 ms so-0-0-0.bbr2.dallas1.level3.net [64.159.0.137]

11 137 ms 149 ms 150 ms pos9-0.core1.dallas1.level3.net [209.247.10.106]

12 207 ms 209 ms 153 ms gige10-2.ipcolo2.dallas1.level3.net [209.244.15.
98]
13 331 ms 148 ms 140 ms unknown.level3.net [63.209.48.110]
14 131 ms 135 ms 176 ms car1-1-v2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [12.96.160.43]
15 135 ms 143 ms 213 ms host8.linode.com [64.5.53.13]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\scm1alg>tracert host9.linode.com

Tracing route to host9.linode.com [64.62.190.9]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 4 ms 3 ms 3 ms 192.168.100.1
2 30 ms 18 ms 16 ms 172.29.183.254
3 11 ms 32 ms 13 ms cdif-t2cam1-a-ge92.inet.ntl.com [62.254.254.1]
4 52 ms 27 ms 15 ms cdif-t2core-a-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com [62.254.253.
33]
5 14 ms 13 ms 13 ms bir-bb-a-so-220-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.45]

6 27 ms 26 ms 33 ms bir-bb-b-ae0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.154]
7 23 ms 23 ms 20 ms win-bb-a-so-700-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.142]

8 36 ms 18 ms 26 ms gfd-bb-b-so-500-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.130]

9 59 ms 51 ms 107 ms tele-ic-2-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.74]

10 150 ms 26 ms 33 ms gsr12012.lon.he.net [195.66.224.21]
11 88 ms 89 ms 95 ms pos8-0.br1.nyc.he.net [216.218.200.101]
12 217 ms 213 ms 257 ms gige-g0-0-19s.gsr12008.fmt.he.net [216.218.254.1
53]
13 218 ms 241 ms 171 ms gsr12012.fmt.he.net [216.218.130.8]
14 244 ms 226 ms 200 ms host9.linode.com [64.62.190.9]

Trace complete.

SuperJanet Connection

-bash-2.05b$ ping host8.linode.com
PING host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=105 ms
64 bytes from host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13): icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=105 ms
64 bytes from host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13): icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=105 ms
64 bytes from host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13): icmp_seq=4 ttl=51 time=105 ms
64 bytes from host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13): icmp_seq=5 ttl=51 time=105 ms
64 bytes from host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13): icmp_seq=6 ttl=51 time=105 ms
64 bytes from host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13): icmp_seq=7 ttl=51 time=105 ms
64 bytes from host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13): icmp_seq=8 ttl=51 time=105 ms
64 bytes from host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13): icmp_seq=9 ttl=51 time=105 ms
64 bytes from host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13): icmp_seq=10 ttl=51 time=105 ms

--- host8.linode.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9090ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 105.293/105.596/105.971/0.244 ms

-bash-2.05b$ ping host9.linode.com
PING host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9): icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=157 ms
64 bytes from host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9): icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=157 ms
64 bytes from host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9): icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=157 ms
64 bytes from host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9): icmp_seq=4 ttl=49 time=157 ms
64 bytes from host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9): icmp_seq=5 ttl=49 time=157 ms
64 bytes from host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9): icmp_seq=6 ttl=49 time=157 ms
64 bytes from host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9): icmp_seq=7 ttl=49 time=157 ms
64 bytes from host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9): icmp_seq=8 ttl=49 time=157 ms
64 bytes from host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9): icmp_seq=9 ttl=49 time=157 ms
64 bytes from host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9): icmp_seq=10 ttl=49 time=157 ms

--- host9.linode.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9090ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 157.124/157.421/157.851/0.550 ms


-bash-2.05b$ traceroute host8.linode.com
traceroute to host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 mr1-e0.cf.ac.uk (131.251.1.42) 0.650 ms 0.487 ms 0.472 ms
2 194.83.179.53 (194.83.179.53) 0.682 ms 0.670 ms 0.501 ms
3 cardiff-bar.ja.net (146.97.40.93) 0.474 ms 0.445 ms 0.495 ms
4 po11-0.bris-scr.ja.net (146.97.35.153) 2.665 ms 3.088 ms 2.600 ms
5 po2-0.read-scr.ja.net (146.97.33.50) 13.791 ms 7.068 ms 4.779 ms
6 po1-0.lond-scr2.ja.net (146.97.33.6) 4.965 ms 4.945 ms 4.935 ms
7 uk-gw.ja.net (146.97.37.70) 5.371 ms 5.081 ms 5.065 ms
8 ge6-3.mpr1.lhr1.uk.mfnx.net (209.249.203.113) 5.038 ms 5.102 ms 5.108 ms
9 so-4-1-0.cr1.lhr3.uk.above.net (208.184.231.174) 5.259 ms 5.356 ms 5.277 ms
10 so-7-0-0.cr1.dca2.us.above.net (64.125.31.186) 76.964 ms 77.075 ms 77.055 ms
11 so-6-0-0.cr1.dfw2.us.above.net (216.200.127.205) 105.236 ms 105.371 ms 105.164 ms
12 216.200.88.141.available.above.net (216.200.88.141) 105.271 ms 105.339 ms 105.219 ms
13 car1-2-v2.dllstx2.theplanet.com (12.96.160.44) 105.879 ms 105.448 ms 105.392 ms
14 host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13) 105.800 ms 105.744 ms 118.904 ms


-bash-2.05b$ traceroute host9.linode.com
traceroute to host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 mr1-e0.cf.ac.uk (131.251.1.42) 60.310 ms 82.316 ms 69.532 ms
2 194.83.179.53 (194.83.179.53) 10.400 ms 1.464 ms 0.528 ms
3 cardiff-bar.ja.net (146.97.40.93) 0.404 ms 0.348 ms 0.471 ms
4 po11-0.bris-scr.ja.net (146.97.35.153) 2.600 ms 2.904 ms 2.690 ms
5 po2-0.read-scr.ja.net (146.97.33.50) 76.910 ms 5.003 ms 207.423 ms
6 po1-0.lond-scr2.ja.net (146.97.33.6) 5.465 ms 5.065 ms 5.031 ms
7 uk-gw.ja.net (146.97.37.70) 5.010 ms 4.912 ms 4.910 ms
8 ge6-3.mpr1.lhr1.uk.mfnx.net (209.249.203.113) 5.070 ms 5.011 ms 5.052 ms
9 so-4-1-0.cr1.lhr3.uk.above.net (208.184.231.174) 5.505 ms 77.278 ms 5.265 ms
10 so-7-0-0.cr1.dca2.us.above.net (64.125.31.186) 77.146 ms 77.150 ms 77.441 ms
11 so-0-0-0.cr2.dca2.us.mfnx.net (208.184.233.122) 77.261 ms 77.111 ms 77.167 ms
12 so-6-3-0.mpr4.sjc2.us.above.net (64.125.30.166) 153.287 ms 179.218 ms 152.972 ms
13 pos6-0.mpr2.pao1.us.above.net (208.185.175.162) 153.737 ms 153.728 ms 153.309 ms
14 209.249.24.136.he.net (209.249.24.136) 156.607 ms 156.557 ms 156.479 ms
15 pos2-0.gsr12012.fmt.he.net (64.62.249.121) 157.184 ms 157.985 ms 157.369 ms
16 host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9) 157.408 ms 157.707 ms 157.211 ms

I got lucky enough to get on one of theplanet servers. It seems I already have a box at that he.net place.

traceroute to host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 gige-g2-0-114.gsr12008.fmt.he.net (65.19.129.97) 0.727 ms 0.778 ms 0.647 ms
2 pos9-0.gsr12012.fmt.he.net (216.218.147.26) 0.712 ms 0.526 ms 0.581 ms
3 host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9) 1.005 ms 1.031 ms 1.166 ms

seems like an ok route :)

I guess it's all relative... I'm much closer geographically to huricane electric than thePlanet:

[root@home root]# traceroute host9.linode.com
traceroute to host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  17-11-3-209.etheric.net (209.3.11.17)  6.546 ms  6.254 ms  5.231 ms
 2  63.146.113.82 (63.146.113.82)  4.252 ms  3.806 ms  3.781 ms
 3  cntr-01.jsv.qwest.net (66.77.106.161)  3.940 ms  3.920 ms  3.452 ms
 4  svl-core-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.14.1)  4.657 ms  3.986 ms  5.028 ms
 5  pax-brdr-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.214.38)  5.043 ms  5.432 ms  5.035 ms
 6  snfccapaix-qwest-pos.wcg.net (64.200.199.125)  5.429 ms  5.196 ms  5.407 ms
 7  sntcca1wcx1-pos1-0.wcg.net (64.200.149.9)  6.543 ms  6.930 ms  6.015 ms
 8  sntcca4lcx1-pos6-0.wcg.net (64.200.240.130)  6.266 ms  5.684 ms  5.529 ms
 9  sntcca4lce1-hurricane-gige.wcg.net (64.200.150.106)  6.105 ms  5.956 ms  6.311 ms
10  gige-g5-0.gsr12008.fmt.he.net (216.218.214.217)  7.448 ms  6.837 ms  7.668 ms
11  host9.linode.com (64.62.190.9)  7.120 ms  17.772 ms  8.739 ms
[root@home root]# traceroute host8.linode.com
traceroute to host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  17-11-3-209.etheric.net (209.3.11.17)  6.841 ms  68.739 ms  21.913 ms
 2  63.146.113.82 (63.146.113.82)  5.085 ms  3.832 ms  4.957 ms
 3  cntr-02.jsv.qwest.net (66.77.106.169)  6.804 ms  9.175 ms  12.273 ms
 4  svl-core-03.inet.qwest.net (205.171.14.5)  14.104 ms  4.809 ms  5.509 ms
 5  pax-brdr-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.205.30)  5.965 ms  4.081 ms  4.467 ms
 6  p4-0.qwest.plalca01.us.bb.verio.net (205.171.1.18)  8.960 ms  4.921 ms  5.178 ms
 7  p16-0-1-0.r20.plalca01.us.bb.verio.net (129.250.3.78)  5.832 ms  6.025 ms  5.925 ms
 8  p16-1-1-3.r20.dllstx01.us.bb.verio.net (129.250.4.104)  47.071 ms  47.185 ms  47.441 ms
 9  ge-2-0-0.a10.dllstx01.us.ra.verio.net (129.250.31.58)  47.398 ms  46.639 ms  47.258 ms
10  ge-1-1.a00.dllstx04.us.ra.verio.net (129.250.31.44)  48.023 ms ge-1-2.a00.dllstx04.us.ra.verio.net (129.250.28.186)  46.919 ms  46.752 ms
11  157.238.228.38 (157.238.228.38)  48.048 ms  47.570 ms  48.657 ms
12  car1-2-v2.dllstx2.theplanet.com (12.96.160.44)  47.815 ms  48.021 ms  47.895 ms
13  host8.linode.com (64.5.53.13)  48.196 ms  50.678 ms  47.544 ms