Colleagues Gert put it very simply, I like to elaborate. What is the driving force behind this proposal? Is something broken? Has the RIPE NCC reached it's limit of capabilities in some area? For decades the RIPE NCC has provided the RIPE Database service to an exceptionally high standard. They have managed the whole system, it's design, software, engineering infrastructure, 24/7 operation, security. They have an excellent record of uptime for both updates and queries. They have built in resilience that has never yet failed beyond small incidents. They not only have significant levels of in-house experience and knowledge, but there are so many previous engineers still around within the community whose past experience and knowledge the NCC can draw on. It seems they now want to take a, potentially, irreversible step in a new direction. Sometimes that can be a breath of fresh air and breathe new life into a stagnant system. Or it can be the death of a previously successful service. So as Gert asked, what is the compelling reason for taking this step? Is something likely to break if this step is not taken soon? As someone else remarked, what happens if the new cloud service 'goes down'? Or if data is hacked or non-public data is leaked? Is the risk of resource hijacking affected in any way when this data is outside of the RIPE NCC and resource holders control? If the current high standard of service falls, what will the RIPE NCC's response be? Are we going to get that "Sorry but it is outside of our control, please contact the cloud provider" answer? Have all of these (and maybe other) questions been considered and answered in the proposal and impact analyses? Has any cost benefit analysis been done in terms of financial, human and reputational costs? (btw I personally am not for or against the proposal...I am just a good devil's advocate and like to help people see things from different perspectives) cheers denis co-chair DB-WG
From: Gert Doering <gert@space.net> To: Alun Davies <adavies@ripe.net> Cc: "ncc-services-wg@ripe.net" <ncc-services-wg@ripe.net> Sent: Monday, 21 June 2021, 18:17:38 CEST Subject: Re: [ncc-services-wg] New on RIPE Labs: RIPE NCC and the Cloud - Let???s Start Again
Hi,
On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 11:13:33AM +0200, Alun Davies wrote:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/ripe-ncc-and-the-cloud...
Is it just me or is this a somewhat reactive article that still does not cover the
"what does the NCC want to achieve with 'going to the cloud'"
bit?
Just because it's en vogue doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.
(And given that the glorious example of outsourcing the NCC ticket system has *still* not led to an acceptable user experience...)
Gert Doering -- LIR contact -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?
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