Do anyone know if they are suffering the same issues at Arelith? They are using the same host as us (hetzner.de)
I did a traceroute to each server, and besides being hosted on different machines, the network route is different as well. They do share "the road" for a bit:
POTM:
13 ae6-1299.fra20.core-backbone.com (213.248.81.211) 144.329 ms 142.982 ms 143.528 ms
14 core-backbone-100g-fra.hetzner.de (80.255.15.122) 152.290 ms 147.233 ms 146.764 ms
15 core4.fra.hetzner.com (213.239.245.2) 129.574 ms 137.741 ms 137.591 ms16 core21.fsn1.hetzner.com (213.239.245.13) 150.152 ms 148.106 ms *
17 * ex9k1.rz14.hetzner.de (213.239.229.122) 156.427 ms 152.125 ms
18 static.55.59.4.46.clients.your-server.de (46.4.59.55) 138.423 ms 138.427 ms 135.363 ms
Arelith:
13 ae10-0.fra10.core-backbone.com (62.115.9.226) 132.332 ms 129.392 ms 128.246 ms
14 ae10-2021.fra20.core-backbone.com (80.255.14.6) 131.353 ms 130.821 ms 130.934 ms
15 core-backbone-100g-fra.hetzner.de (80.255.15.122) 138.874 ms 136.496 ms 143.962 ms
16 core4.fra.hetzner.com (213.239.245.2) 132.951 ms 136.461 ms 132.814 ms17 core23.fsn1.hetzner.com (213.239.229.74) 136.417 ms 134.546 ms 133.983 ms
18 ex9k1.rz17.hetzner.de (213.239.203.230) 142.017 ms 142.787 ms 142.434 ms
19 static.77.20.201.138.clients.your-server.de (138.201.20.77) 135.908 ms 135.709 ms 133.467 ms
So I'm not sure that knowing whether Aerlith has been having a slowdown (or not) would tell you much.
Next time I have the problem (and I've had it), I'll do the same thing and see if both servers are dropping packets. When I've had it, packet loss has been substantial, but I'm never sure whether it's a POTM issue or something else, as I've recently changed my home configuration.
Could it be a bandwidth/traffic limit related slowdown? Is it like a cell phone where if you hit your data limit you're slowed down to slower speeds until the plan resets for the next month?
I looked at the Hetzer Web site, and they're supposed to email you if you're being throttled. Also, it appears they leave you that way for a while (such as until the end of your monthly billing cycle), whereas this has been intermittent.