Ask HN: How many IPv4 addresses does Digital Ocean currently use?

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by rajeemcariazo • 12 years ago

2 3 12 years ago

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IPv4 addresses is running out. One factor is because VPS are going cheap nowadays. Do you know how many IPv4 addresses does Digital Ocean currently use?

gDD• 12 years ago

From this[1] 2014 article:

As of November, DigitalOcean counts a total 187,866 active users running a cloud server (or “Droplet”)

Hard to tell if the number is active users or active droplets.

[1] http://wptavern.com/digitalocean-is-now-the-third-largest-ho...

junopatch• 12 years ago

i was expecting more :)

Arnt• 12 years ago

http://bgp.he.net/search?search%5Bsearch%5D=digital+ocean returns a list of Digital Ocean's ASes. An AS is a top-level chunk of the network, so you may assume that Digital Ocean operates seven technically independent networks with a total of about half a million IPv4 addresses.

By way of comparison: Before the strict IPv4 rationing regimes came into force, v4 addresses were being allocated at rate of about half a million per day.

Ask HN: How many IPv4 addresses does Digital Ocean currently use?

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