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Datacenter situatie bij SARA en NIKHEF
November 13, 2008
Naar aanleiding van de recente stroomstoringen bij zowel de SARA als de NIKHEF datacenter faciliteit heeft het bestuur van de Vereniging AMS-IX haar zorg geuit over de ervaren service performance van deze twee faciliteiten in vergelijking met de andere AMS-IX datacenter faciliteiten en de consequenties daarvan voor het AMS-IX platform en de dienstverlening van haar leden. De vereniging vindt het haar taak om transparantie te bieden aan haar leden omtrent de te verwachten service niveaus op haar datacenters.
Omdat er tot op heden geen aanleiding is geweest om hiervoor een objectieve minimum standaard te stellen heeft het bestuur opdracht gegeven om een onafhankelijke auditor eerst een minimum standaard op te laten stellen en alle AMS-IX datacenters te toetsen of zij aan deze standaarden voldoen. De faciliteiten bij SARA en NIKHEF zullen vanwege de recente storingen als eerste aan deze audit worden onderworpen.
AMS-IX heeft met beide partijen inmiddels goede afspraken gemaakt over de uit te voeren audit en de uitvoering van een eventueel verbeterplan op basis van de bevindingen uit deze audit. Beide partijen hebben inmiddels toegezegd hier alle medewerking aan te verlenen.
Vooruitlopend op de audit resultaten heeft AMS-IX gemeend haar leden te moeten informeren over de situatie bij de beide datacenter faciliteiten en dit advies op haar website gepubliceerd. Helaas heeft deze mededeling tot onbedoelde discussies en conclusies geleid die door alle partijen ten zeerste worden betreurd en daarom middels deze mededeling worden genuanceerd.
SARA en NIKHEF zijn al vele jaren gewaardeerde datacenter partners van AMS-IX en zijn gerenommeerde wetenschapsinstituten en AMS-IX heeft op dit moment geen enkele intentie om deze twee datacenters te verlaten. AMS-IX hecht groot belang aan de jarenlange goede samenwerking met zowel SARA als NIKHEF en de rol die deze partijen hebben gespeeld in de groei van AMS-IX. Dit wordt nogmaals onderstreept door de toegezegde medewerking van beide partijen in de audit en het uitgesproken commitment om aan de genoemde standaard te voldoen.
Datacenter situation at SARA and NIKHEF
November 13, 2008
Due to the recent power incidents at both the SARA and NIKHEF datacenter facilities the Executive Board of the AMS-IX Association has expressed its concern about the service performance of these facilities in comparison with the other datacenter facilities AMS-IX uses and the associated consequences for the AMS-IX platform and the connected members. The Association feels the duty to offer transparency regarding the service levels one can expect at the datacenters that AMS-IX uses.
The definition of a minimum objective standard was never into question before, thus the board has issued instructions to have an independent auditor define this said standard and perform an audit of compliance on all AMS-IX used datacenters. The facilities of SARA and NIKHEF will be the first to be audited due to the recent power-incidents.
In discussions with both parties AMS-IX has made positive mutual agreements about the audit to be performed and the execution of potential improvements based on the findings of the audit. Both have expressed the positive intention to collaborate.
Anticipating the audit results AMS-IX felt the need to inform its members about the situation at both datacenters and published an advice on its website. Unfortunately this statement has resulted in unintended public discussions and conclusions which all parties regret and is therefore put into proper context with this statement.
SARA and NIKHEF have been valued datacenter partners of AMS-IX for many years and are renowned science institutes. At this moment AMS-IX has no intention to leave either datacenter location. AMS-IX values the decades long positive relationship with them and the role they played in the growth of AMS-IX. This is further emphasized by the commitment of both parties to agree to the audit and the intention to conform to the mentioned standard.
Highwinds and AMS-IX Complete Major Port Capacity Upgrade
July 29, 2008
WINTER PARK, Fla. - July 29, 2008 - Highwinds Network Group, Inc., a multi-platform IP services and content distribution provider, today announced that it has completed a significant port upgrade on the Amsterdam Peering Exchange (AMS-IX), one of the world's largest and fastest growing Internet exchanges. Highwinds' upgrade to a single 80G connection in Amsterdam, the largest of its kind within AMS-IX, is aimed at supporting the rapid growth of the Highwinds CDN and reinforces Highwinds' commitment to the global peering community.
Highwinds and AMS-IX Complete Major Port Capacity Upgrade, 29 July, 2008 (English)
AMS-IX helpt Carribbean Internet Exchange oprichten
June 13, 2008
AMS-IX helpt Carribbean Internet Exchange oprichten.
De Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) helpt op verzoek van lokale marktpartijen en de lokale overheid van Curaçao bij het opzetten van een Caribbean Internet Exchange (CAR-IX). Specialisten van AMS-IX bemiddelen bij het samenbrengen van marktpartijen en bij de technische opzet van de internet exchange.
Press:
AMS-IX helpt Carribbean Internet Exchange oprichten, 13 June, 2008 (Dutch)
AMS-IX bouwt internet exchange op Curacao, 13 June, 2008 (Dutch)
EQUINIX AND AMS-IX, THE WORLD'S LARGEST SINGLE METRO AREA INTERNET EXCHANGE, ANNOUNCE INTERCONNECTION AND PEERING PARTNERSHIP
April 23, 2008
Foster City, CA and Amsterdam, Netherlands - April 23, 2008 - Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, and the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), the world's largest single metro area Internet exchange, today announced a partnership agreement that will extend AMS-IX's peering fabric into Equinix's Amsterdam-1 (AM1) Internet Business Exchange (IBX®) data center. As a part of the agreement, AMS-IX will establish a point-of-presence in Equinix's AM1 IBX center, which is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2008 and was obtained in the acquisition of Netherlands network-neutral data center provider Virtu earlier this year. Equinix customers will be able to directly exchange traffic, or "peer", with AMS-IX's critical mass of diverse Internet service providers and high-quality traffic exchange participants to increase reliability, improve performance, and reduce the costs of network traffic exchange. Equinix and AMS-IX are leaders in providing network-neutral platforms for the interconnection of enterprise, service provider and content company networks. Located in Amsterdam, AMS-IX is a non-profit, neutral and independent Internet exchange that currently connects over 290 international parties. AMS-IX is the largest European Internet Exchange measured by traffic volume. Equinix is the global interconnection and peering leader, serving the world's leading ISPs, broadband providers, international networks, content delivery networks, enterprises and major content providers. "Our relationship with Equinix goes back several years, and we are pleased to now have a formal agreement where the aggregation of networks from each of our organizations can interconnect in the most efficient and reliable manner possible," said Job Witteman, CEO of AMS-IX. "With the increasing need for businesses to exchange data across a wide variety of networks -- from partners to customers to vendors -- this agreement between AMS-IX and Equinix will ensure additional options for rich interconnection across both of our respective network-neutral platforms." "Peering relationships are a strategic foundation for network and Internet traffic, from email to video," said Margie Backaus, chief business officer of Equinix. "As Equinix expands its global service offering across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific, the company is committed to providing high-performance platforms for exchanging Internet traffic. Partnering with top-tier Internet exchanges like AMS-IX, who have a well-served existing critical mass of high-quality Internet service providers and connected parties operating within their system, will enable Equinix customers to scale their peering relationships to reduce costs and increase performance."
AMS-IX has seen a growing interest in peering by web 2.0 companies
March 31, 2008
Amsterdam, March 31, 2008 - AMS-IX, one of the world’s largest Internet exchanges, has seen a growing interest in peering by web 2.0 companies. Realising the need for a first-rate service, these new media companies are increasingly looking at Internet exchanges worldwide in order to improve their infrastructure and thus the user experience.
Wikimedia Foundation improves performance and reduces costs by peering at AMS-IX
December 12, 2007
Amsterdam/St. Petersburg, December 12, 2007 - The Wikimedia Foundation, the international non-profit organization behind Wikipedia, and the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) have joined forces for “the good of the Internet.” Both non-profits strive to enable Internet progress and generally improve the user experience. Learn more from the press release, available for download below.
AMS-IX introduces new core switch at its new core site euNetworks Amsterdam
December 12, 2007
AMS-IX introduces a new core switch at its new core site euNetworks Amsterdam. The Foundry NetIron MLX-32 can hold up to 128 10GbE ports - twice the number of its predecessor core switch - and will facilitate expected growth in ports and traffic for quite a while. At the same time, backbone links all across the switch platform have been expanded and upgraded, using advanced DWDM technology for 10GbE, allowing for significant long-term cost savings on fibers in the Amsterdam metro area.
Members of the AMS-IX Association are currently able to order ports at euNetworks. The site's ports will become operational as from the 1st of January, 2008.
Press:
AMS-IX Deploys NetIron MLX-32, 10 December, 2007 (English)
Foundry Networks Press Release, 4 December, 2007 (English)
AMS-IX extends contract with euNetworks, 04 September, 2007 (English)
AMS-IX welcomes new member to Executive Board
November 25, 2007
Christian Kaufmann (Global IP Peering Manager of TeliaSonera) has been welcomed to the AMS-IX Executive Board after a voting procedure during the 23rd AMS-IX General Meeting.
Executive Board member Michel van Osenbruggen (BIT) has resigned after the General Assembly of 21 November 2007, as a result of the termination of his term. Michel van Osenbruggen had served for 4 years. The Board of AMS-IX presented a nomination for the vacancy in the board prior to the 23rd AMS-IX General Meeting.
AMS-IX Decreases GE Port Prices
November 23, 2007
AMS-IX decreases prices for all Gigabit Ethernet ports from Euro 1,000 to Euro 800 per month per 1st of January 2008.
Due to the growth in members and ports on the Exchange and associated income AMS-IX is able to take this action. All AMS-IX pricing is cost-based and by upgrading the platform substantially to sustain the 10GE uptake the cost base for GE has decreased.