AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud are only present in a few datacenters in Europe. Since NL-ix has a presence in those datacenters, we can transport the data from any of our 100+ datacenters (PoPs) to the datacenters of Cloud Service Providers over a private fiber optic Ethernet line (VLL and/or VPLS) using the NL-ix high-speed bandwidth network . NL-ix provides the last mile to get the Cloud Provider port closer to the customer, so the customer does not need to invest in or manage this part of the infrastructure (i.e. (fiber) connectivity) to his own datacenter.
Microsoft Azure
The order and provisioning process for Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute contains the following steps:
Oracle Cloud FastConnect
The order and provisioning process for Oracle Cloud FastConnect contains the following steps:
AWS Direct Connect
For AWS, NL-ix serves as the transport provider for the Direct Connect service. In short the process is like this:
Amazon AWS Direct Connect |
Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute |
Google Cloud InterConnect |
Oracle Cloud FastConnect |
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CSP datacenter locations: |
Frankfurt London Amsterdam (virtual on-ramp) |
Amsterdam Dublin |
Amsterdam |
Amsterdam Frankfurt |
Available regions: |
EU Central EU West |
West Europe North Europe |
Europe-west4 |
Amsterdam Frankfurt |
Regions on customer request: |
EU West (Ireland) EU West (Paris) |
UK West UK South Germany North Germany West Central France Central France South |
Europe-west1 (BE) Europe-west2 (UK) Europe-west3 (DE) |
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Fabric options: | A-A | A-A or A-B | A-A or A-B | A-A or A-B |
Redundancy: | Customer can order single or redundant | Mandatory redundant by Microsoft | Mandatory redundant by Google | Customer needs to order 2 single for redundancy |