Network Infrastructure
Network Overview
Although our locations are diverse, Ubiquity utilizes a solidified network ideology which is consistent throughout every Ubiquity data center operation. Through this system, Ubiquity is able to ensure that although our locations and services are diverse - our network is rock-solid in all locations - and capable of support the most latency critical applications in all cities. After all, what is it worth to be in your city of choice if the pings are ever high?
Network Consistencies
Things you should always expect from Ubiquity's network at any location.
- Premium Mzima Networks smart-routing bandwidth with sFlow
- A fully redundant all-Cisco Network with dense fiber capacity
- A proven, consistent internal network topology (in detail below)
- Heavy fiber connectivity with high availability is always maintained
- A telecom hotel location where Mzima and most peers are located on-site
What this Means
The true advantages of a simply better network.
- Lowest overall local pings are always achieved due to immediate proximity to carriers
- Greater availability affirmed by unique speed + cost advantages in added connectivity
- Risk of cut uplink fiber is eliminated completely due to no long-haul transit
- Force10 Smart-routing which vastly exceeds performance of standard data center BGP
- An absurdly well-connected network with with 450+ peers world-wide
Mzima Networks - Premium External Infrastructure
As our primary bandwidth partner, Mzima Networks maintains one of the best networks in the world for latency-critical applications. Through utilization of Force10 Networks custom implementation of a smart-routing technology known as sFlow, Mzima's IP bandwidth delivers supreme route-optimization over plain BGP networks seen in traditional data centers in a fashion extremely similar to (much higher-cost) alternatives such as Internap. More peers, smarter routing, and closer proximity through our telecom hotel locations means lower pings, less congestion, and enhanced reliability.
With 450+ direct peering providers, Mzima provides Ubiquity's customers with one of the best possible networks in the world at every POP. (click peering map to expand)
Internal Infrastructure
Ubiquity's core internal network is comprised of exclusively Cisco devices and built from the ground up upon a redundant idealogy. Cisco Catalyst 2950, 3750, and 6509 switching devices all play an integral role in assuring the reliable internal network our customers deserve can always be maintained.
Assuring our Uptime Guarantees and Addressing Redundancy
A common paradox we often discuss with clients is addressing internal redundancy as not to conflict with what we just described occurring outside of our walls. Obviously if we hadn't thought this through in painstaking detail, supporting our 100% network uptime SLA would have killed us off long ago. As a general philosophy, Ubiquity will connect to Mzima with redundancy, using additional NSP's most often for failover only; which eliminates any potential single point of failure in our core network and beyond.
This goes against tradition, but when broken down, makes sense. Mzima uses Force10 terabit E-Series routers powered by sFlow - a routing technology second to none in optimizing a full data path from start to finish; and in addition, executes it with a collection of the most sought-after Tier 1 networks of the internet. Placing in upstream a standard BGP upstream in front of what we have, many facilities will claim a better network, but in the end are acheiving nothing but a cheap marketing ploy and a device for saving them money by mixing in lower quality carriers. After all, why would you pay for a smart-routing network renowned for analyzing an entire data path - if data may be directed elsewhere by a lesser technology before arriving at that point?
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