Transport Services
A complete suite of Transport services
Transport services for all needs
Whether you need to connect equipment in two redundant datacenters or reach suppliers or partners in sites you don’t have a presence in, most companies have a need for Transport capacity between datacenter facilities.
NL-ix offers Transport capacity services between all of Europe’s most important datacenters where it has a presence, and can use partners to connect other non-datacenter locations to an NL-ix covered datacenter.
The Transport services cover a complete suite of Transport services, supporting different Transport technologies (Wave DWDM, MPLS) in point-to-(multi)point and even any-to-any topologies, suitable for all different needs.
Transport Technologies
The decision when selecting a Transport technology depends on what you will use the Transport for, as Wave and MPLS (VLL/VPLS) each have their own unique characteristics.
Wave uses optical equipment to create a connection between two or more locations with a fixed path and predictable latency and is therefore the perfect solution to carry out storage synchronisation and data replication between datacenters. Wave doesn’t use switches in the NL-ix network and is completely transparent, allowing you to add VLANs as required. For resilience, path redundancy is recommended.
VLL /VPLS uses switching equipment to create a logical connection between two or more datacenters within the NL-ix network based on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). Because a switching network is used, traffic is automatically rerouted across the underlying fiber infrastructure if any issues arise, providing path redundancy.
| Wave | VLL/VPLS |
|---|---|
| Static route | Highly flexible |
| Highest data Transport security | Easy scalable |
| Lowest latency data Transport | Fast provisioning |
| Predictable jitter | Fast rerouting |
| Dedicated bandwidth | High availability |
| Managed solution | Managed solution |
Transport Topologies
Point-to-Point is a direct connection between two ports in the network
Point-to-Multipoint connects a single location to multiple end-points. For example, this could be a central site connected to smaller satellites, or a reseller that uses the NL-ix network to reach multiple end-users. A single port can be used for the central connection
Any-to-any or Star topology allows to connects multiple ports on a single VLAN. This allows easy communication between all ports on the VLAN
| Wave | VLL (untagged) | VLL (tagged) | VPLS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latency | Fixed | Low | Low | Low |
| Privacy | E-2-E dedicated | Private circuit | Private circuit | Private circuit |
| Topology | Point-2-point | Point-2-point | Point-2-(multi)point | Any-to-any |
| OSI | Layer 1 | Layer 2 | Layer 2 | Layer 2 |
| Underlay | DWDM | MPLS | MPLS | MPLS |
| Fixed path | Yes | No | No | No |
| Jumbo framing | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Q-in-Q | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Uptime & Latency SLA | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| Redundant | Optional | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Auto re-route | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple services on 1 port | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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Use Case:
Linking the most important datacenters in Europe
Whether you need to connect equipment in two redundant datacenters or reach suppliers or partners in sites you don’t have a presence in, most companies have a need for Transport capacity between datacenter facilities.
NL-ix offers Transport capacity services between the close to 100 neutral datacenters where it has a presence, and can use partners to connect other non-datacenter locations to an NL-ix covered datacenter.
We offer different Transport technologies (DWDM, MPLS, VLL and VPLS) in point-to-point and point to multi-point topologies, suitable for all different needs. No sure what you need or want to know more? Please don't hesitate to contact us!