[ixpmanager] [RELEASE] V5.5.0 - Member Port Utilisation Reporting

[Barry O'Donovan]

Hi everyone,

before the usual release announcement, we would like to acknowledge that 
these are truly unprecedented times for all of us. Everyone at INEX and 
on the IXP Manager team sends all of our colleagues around the world our 
best wishes in your endeavors in the coming weeks and months. If there 
are any new features that could be developed in IXP Manager to help in 
anyway, then please get in touch and we will give immediate 
consideration and fast track any ideas that would make a difference.


In that context, we are pleased to announce the immediate release of IXP 
Manager v5.5.0.

This release introduces a port utilisation reporting function into IXP 
Manager's frontend UI. You will find it in the IXP STATISTICS section of 
the left hand side menu.

The purpose of this tool is to easily identify ports that are nearing or 
exceeding 80% utilisation.

Our analysis at INEX has shown as much as 50% routine traffic increases 
across IXPs in areas under lock down due to the Coronavirus outbreak. To 
help us identify and engage with members for capacity upgrades, we 
needed a tool that would allow us to rapidly and easily view port 
utilisation across all members rather than looking at member graphs 
individually.

This feature was rapidly developed at INEX this week and we are 
releasing it immediately in the hope it may help other IXPs plan for 
increased traffic during the Coronavirus outbreak.

Please see the official release notes and upgrade instructions at:

https://github.com/inex/IXP-Manager/releases/tag/v5.5.0

And documentation at:

https://docs.ixpmanager.org/grapher/mrtg/#port-utilisation


Thanks and, again, our best wishes to all of you,

  - Barry


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Kind regards,
Barry O'Donovan
INEX