Metro Connect

Equinix Metro ConnectEquinix Metro Connect services provide direct, dedicated, carrier-grade network links between customers in one IBX data center and partners in another IBX within the same metro. With Metro Connect, customers enjoy fast, convenient and affordable integration with customers, partners and service providers within the Equinix digital ecosystem. Customers' organizations benefit from highly reliable, extremely low-latency communication, system integration and data exchange allows you to connect to a partner, customer, or one of your own separate deployments at a different IBX facility. Metro Connect services carry other network-based services, such as Internet ExchangeEquinix Internet Exchange enables customers to exchange internet traffic through public peering on the largest peering platform in the world, or Cloud Exchange between IBXs in certain metros.

Features

Metro Connect includes:

  • Connections between customer demarcation points
  • Multiple bandwidth options of 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100 Gbps
  • Extensions from your infrastructure to your customers, and partners located in different Equinix IBX facilities within the same metro

Product Offerings

Metro Connect offers three different products:

Protected Metro Connect allows customers in one IBX to connect to customers, partners, or their own networks in another IBX. This offering provides resiliency for WAN connections using two diverse fiber paths. Protected Metro Connect uses a single switch at each IBX. You get a single physical connection to your demarcation on each side.

Protected Metro Connect includes:

  • Path protection using two diverse fiber paths
  • Availability SLA 99.99%
  • 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100 Gbps port speeds (100 Gbps available in select markets only)
  • Protected Metro Connect is available in optical Layer 1 (10 Gbps, 100 Gbps), or packet-based Layer 2 service options (1 Gbps). In some metros, 10 Gbps is available as packet-based Layer 2 service

Note: Protected Metro Connect does not provide node protection.

Unprotected Metro Connect allows customers in one IBX to connect to customers, or their own networks in another IBX. This offering does not provide any redundancy. If required, you can make your own arrangement for redundancy through a network service provider.

Unprotected Metro Connect includes:

  • Availability SLA 99.9%
  • 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100 Gbps port speeds (100 Gbps available in select markets only)
  • Unprotected Metro Connect is available in optical Layer 1 (10 Gbps, 100 Gbps) or packet-based Layer 2 service options (1 Gbps). In some metros, 10 Gbps is available as packet-based Layer 2 service

Note: Unprotected Metro Connect offers no path protection or node protection.

Dual-Diverse Metro Connect allows customers in one IBX to connect to customers, partners, or their own networks in another IBX. This offering provides resiliency for WAN connections using two diverse fiber paths. Dual-Diverse Metro Connect uses two switches at each location. You get two physical connections to your demarcation on each side.

Dual-Diverse Metro Connect includes:

  • Path protection using two diverse fiber paths
  • Node protection.
  • Availability SLA 99.999%
  • 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps port speeds (100 Gbps available in select markets only)
  • Dual-Diverse Metro Connect is available in optical Layer 1 (10 Gbps, 100 Gbps), or packet-based Layer 2 service options (1 Gbps). In some metros, 10 Gbps is available as packet-based Layer 2 service

See the Metro Connect data page for data sheets.