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Overview Cloud ROUTER

Miralem Cebic Updated by Miralem Cebic

This article provides a brief overview of our Cloud ROUTER service, explaining its underlying concept and features.

 

The DE-CIX Cloud ROUTER provides a fast, secure, and private connection for exchanging data between different cloud environments. It allows direct routing between public and private clouds, which improves application performance by reducing latency. This also enhances security, protects against cyber-attacks, and lowers costs by offering direct connections with reduced egress fees.

Cloud ROUTER and Cloud ROUTER connections

Cloud ROUTER is a virtual Layer 3 routing service that enhances other DE-CIX interconnection services, all built on DE-CIX's high-performance global Apollon platform. Preconfigured Cloud ROUTER instances allow seamless data transfer for various multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud scenarios. It can host multiple connections, such as DirectCLOUD and VirtualPNI, to help you create your ideal network setup.

Cloud ROUTER connections connect Cloud ROUTER with either Cloud Service Provider (CSP) or customers on-premise equipment connected to customers DE-CIX Access via VirtualPNI. Depending on your individual network needs, the following service components can be flexibly combined:

  • Multi cloud setups: Cloud ROUTER + DirectCLOUD Service(s)
  • Hybrid cloud setups: Cloud ROUTER + DirectCLOUD Service(s) + VirtualPNI Service(s) connecting your DE-CIX Access

Example:

Pure multi-cloud setups don’t require a DE-CIX Access / physical presence in a data center of the customer. The DE-CIX Access product is the physical interface / connection to the Apollon platform in a specific DE-CIX location (port / lag), only relevant in hybrid-cloud setups.

Under the hood

The DE-CIX Cloud ROUTER follows a redundancy by design principle, offering great advantages in terms of reliability. Cloud ROUTER is bound to one DE-CIX location (metro-region), but not to one Premium Enabled Site (data center).

Example of the distributed service behavior:

As on-ramps to the desired CSPs and the private equipment are located in 5 different data centers in the above example, DE-CIX Cloud ROUTER expands across all affected edge sites. If an edge site fails or is under maintenance, the Cloud ROUTER and the connections to all other on-ramps remain intact.

Feature overview Cloud ROUTER

Point-to-Point (to DE-CIX Access)

✓

Cloud Connectivity

✓

0,1 to 100 Gbit/s

✓

>100 Gbit/s

✓ (on request)

Supported cloud connects

Microsoft Azure

Amazon AWS

Google Cloud

IBM Cloud

Oracle Cloud

Redundancy

By design

Available via

DE-CIX self-service portal

API

Contract term options

1, 12, 24, 36 month(s)

SLA

99,99% p.m.

Provisioning time

Minute(s)

SLA and Technical Description

To access the Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the Cloud ROUTER, click here.

To access the Techncial Service Description for the Cloud ROUTER, click here.

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