Choice. Digital Realty customers have lots of it. By deploying in a Digital Realty facility, customers are one connection away from hundreds of major telecom and data networks.
For years Digital Realty has brought the internet "inside" its core facilities by giving customers the option to cross connect to many active IP networks operated by other providers in our centers. We will continue to support access to these networks as they are instrumental to our customers' growth. But now Digital Realty provides even more choice to its customers looking for more high quality IP network peering points with our Digital Realty Internet Exchange service in Atlanta, Dallas, New York and Phoenix.
The Digital Realty Internet Exchange is a neutral, privately owned and managed packet and Internet exchange, providing a high performance Internet peering fabric for participants. It allows customers to reduce operating costs by aggregating ISPs, content providers, enterprises and others on a single highly available service platform so that Internet traffic may have direct access to destination networks. The Exchange is designed to eliminate the middleman or transit provider which in turn leads to higher profits to you. Participants can route IP traffic efficiently providing faster, more reliable and lower-latency internet or VoIP access to their customers. We are able to help your Internet-connected business reduce operational costs, improve network performance, and add another layer of network resilience. In addition, Digital Realty offers members not only a world class exchange platform, but also a forum to discuss new ideas and planning for a better Internet.
Digital Realty Internet Exchange includes access to a centralized Ethernet switching fabric and the necessary supporting infrastructure to enable companies to connect and peer at speeds ranging from 1 Gbps (Gigabit Ethernet) to multiples of 10 Gbps and even 100 Gbps in our Atlanta and New York locations. For convenience, standard reporting tools allow members to monitor performance and traffic metrics.
The switch fabric is managed with 24/7 on-site expertise accessible by phone at 1.888.TELXTECH (1.888.835.9832) or by accessing the Digital Realty MarketplacePORTAL to open a trouble ticket.
For access click here or, if you do not yet have an account on the Marketplace, contact your company's administrator.
To join please complete connection request.
Router Viewer Once you are connected to the Exchange you must peer with our Route Viewer ("RV"). The RV will never advertise any routes to you so you might want to filter all incoming advertisements from the RV. We ask that you send your "standard" peering routes to the RV. The data collected by the RV is used for monitoring and support purposes. The RV uses the ASN 65535 and are always the ".1" IP on the exchange (e.g. Atlanta is 198.32.132.1). To become listed as an active participant, you will be required to peer with the Route Viewer.
Router Servers You can peer with the Digital Realty Internet Exchange Route Servers to automatically peer with many participants. Peering with the route server enables you to set up peering sessions more efficiently by facilitating the implementation of peering arrangements lowering the barrier of entry for new members. This helps get you peering quickly by establishing one peering session with the route server and thereby peering automatically with anyone else peering on the server.
PeeringDB We strongly recommend that participants join, the PeeringDB. The PeeringBD is a database of networks that are interested in peering. It helps answer the question, "Who can I peer with and where?". The PeeringDB provides a web interface where users can search and find information on different exchanges and who peers on the exchanges and what the peering policies are for the participant. By joining the PeerinDB, your peering information is available to the global peering community; helping ensure that others will be more likely to peer with you.
Once you are connected you will probably want to contact the current participants about peering.
If you have any questions let us know at ix@digitalrealty.com.
Digital Realty maintains a public list of participants on each of our Exchanges. This data is updated in real-time.