My department has recently moved offices. The previous office was fine, but in the new office, the ping times from my PC to the 2 data centres usually varies a lot, like this:
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=123
Reply from 123.123.123.123: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=123
Note that I have changed the IP address. The server I am pinging has a physical IP address and is not being used. I get similar results when I ping other servers and at any time of the day.
We are not fully utilising our bandwidth.
If I ping another server (located in a 3rd data centre), the ping times are higher (around 100ms) but far more consistent (to within about 3ms).
So does this indicate that there is a potential issue between my new office and the 2 data centres?