LINX outage on Tuesday

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According to news reports the LINX exchange experienced
a broadcast flood. Its been a few years since I've heard
about a broadcast flood at a major exchange, so its nice
to hear about a traditional problem.

http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171318.html

One question, as I understand the LINX set up, it consists
of two logical/physical networks using different vendors
and hardware. Did the broadcast storm take out both?

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According to the following article, no:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/22305.html

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One question, as I understand the LINX set up, it consists
of two logical/physical networks using different vendors
and hardware. Did the broadcast storm take out both?

Its dual vendor (foundry and extreme) and currently a single physical
peering LAN. Mike stated at the last LINX & RIPE meeting that theres a
plan to seperate out the Foundry and Extreme gear into two seperate
peering LANs within the next few months.

Regards
James