About Datacenter
SAVVIS
has engineered its network around a single platform - AS3561 - which
enables one global IP backbone, rather than regional Autonomous
Systems stitched together. That means that once data gets on the
network, it’s a single BGP hop to the global network node nearest its
destination. This minimizes the number of router hops and reduces the
risk of downtime when traffic has to traverse multiple networks.
Some of our international competitors support services on multiple
continents through joint ventures and partnerships. SAVVIS owns its
own network - there are no joint ventures that may affect
performance
and support.
A single AS means:
- Customers are only one hop away from content hosted on the SAVVIS network
-Access to all of the routes on the Internet
- A single end-to-end Service Level Agreement
Network features include:
- Based on industry-leading Juniper core routers and Cisco equipment
specifically designed for the needs of Tier 1 "carrier-class"
customers
- OC-48/OC-192 backbone trunks, supporting MPLS protocol
- AS3561 is consistently rated over time as having the lowest latency,
lowest packet loss,
and highest reliability
- SAVVIS firmly segregates Layer-2 (transmission) and Layer-3 (routing)
- Layer-2 is ATM-based for traffic management
- Core network is designed for “zero” packet loss
- SAVVIS is moving to more efficient MPLS Layer 2 protocol
The graphic below illustrates our USA peering locations. SAVVIS
primarily peers in Chicago, Seattle, Washington DC, Atlanta, Dallas,
New York City, and San Francisco.
Peering
The SAVVIS Global AS3561 IP backbone has peering connections with 13
Tier 1 US and five Tier 1 European backbone providers. SAVVIS has
built new OC-3 [STM-1] and OC-12 [STM-4] for a total of 26GBps
connections to its largest direct connect peers, thus providing faster
and more reliable access to their networks. With these enhancements,
SAVVIS is able to allocate sufficient bandwidth to each peer, aiding
in effective capacity planning.
In Europe, SAVVIS maintains pan-European private peering
connections at LINX, PARIX and AMSIX operating at STM1 or higher speed
with GTS/Ebone, Infonet/AUCS, UUNET AS703, Teleglobe and
KPNQwest/EUNET. Additional European peering connections are under
consideration.
These connections will provide our US customers with direct access
close to 100 percent of the global address space and our European
customers with direct access to 90 percent of the European address
space. The benefits to SAVVIS customers include: faster access,
minimum AS hops, lowest possible packet loss, and a better ability to
plan for future growth for ISPs that peer with the SAVVIS IP backbone.
With an aggressive peering plan, including peering agreements with
the largest Tier 1 backbones, SAVVIS is one of the leaders in the
industry in finding efficient ways to route IP traffic through our
network and beyond.
With the globalization of the Internet and SAVVIS' response of
expanding the US based IP backbone to a truly global backbone under
one AS3561, peering has become increasingly complex and the
established peering policies have been amended. SAVVIS has formulated
a global peering policy to maximize the benefits of peering to our
customers and also provide equitable treatment of our peering
partners.
In addition to its peering relationships, SAVVIS has direct transit
connections with over 1,300 ISPs in the US and 100 direct connections
to ISP's in over 70 countries. In peering and transit arrangements,
SAVVIS' global AS3561 stands for quality, unsurpassed in the industry.
SAVVIS is a Tier 1 ISP that offers both IP connectivity and
e-business solutions to enable global corporations to quickly reach
their desired Internet content. To offer our customers efficient
access to destinations that reside outside of SAVVIS’ Global IP
Network, peering has been established at select major cities where our
backbone nodes are present. In the USA, we have established peering
relationships with the four other Tier 1 ISPs: AT&T (ANS), Genuity
(GTE Interlink), UUNET (WorldCom), and Sprintlink.
As is the case with all Tier 1 ISPs, SAVVIS is prohibited from
peering directly with any network outside the USA; however, our 270
transit relationships with 80 countries will provide the customer with
excellent connectivity to overseas markets. We peer with five
pan-European Regional Tier 1 networks including: UUNet (WorldCom),
Ebone (GTS), AUCS (AT&T and Infonet), EUNET (KPN/Qwest), and France
Telecom (which includes Global One and Equant), providing SAVVIS
customers access to 90 percent of all European routes. In Asia, SAVVIS
is establishing similar peering connections in Japan to provide
similar route coverage. Once these peering arrangements are in place,
no other Tier 1 ISP will be able to match SAVVIS’ global peering
coverage.
The DataBank network: AS13767
Our network architecture utilizes Foundry and Cisco carrier class
routing and switching equipment to provide a Highly Redundant and
Highly Available Multi-Homed Internet Aggregation Hub. We utilize
Foundry RX16 and Cisco 6500 series switches and routers in our network
to provide up to 3.84 Tbps of switching and routing capacity. This
coupled with multiple Gigabit trunks from multiple Internet service
providers makes DataBank’s IP Hub one of the most robust in the
industry.
Network features include:
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3.84 Tbps of switching and routing capacity designed for the needs of
Enterprise and carrier-class customers
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Multiple Gigabit Ethernet backbone trunks
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Core network is designed for “zero” packet loss
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Embedded sFlow per port supports scalable hardware-based traffic
monitoring across all switch ports without impacting performanc
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Multi-Homed Internet Providers
Internet Service Providers
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2 Gbps Direct Fiber – Savvis AS3561
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2 Gbps Direct Fiber – Sprint AS1239
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2 Gbps Direct Fiber – Time Warner AS4323
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2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Broadwing AS16852
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For more information:
http://www.savvis.net
