{"id":6435,"date":"2021-01-07T16:17:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anexia.com\/stagingblog\/?p=6435"},"modified":"2022-04-27T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T13:30:00","slug":"new-data-center-switching-platform-in-anx04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anexia.com\/blog\/en\/new-data-center-switching-platform-in-anx04\/","title":{"rendered":"New Data Center-Switching-Platform in ANX04"},"content":{"rendered":"

A strong, scalable network with high capacity \u2013 that’s what we stand for with our infrastructure, especially at our data center locations within the Backbone Europe<\/a>. To meet these requirements we continuously evaluate status quo of all our locations as well as the infrastructure and integrate up-to-date hardware and technology. After months of preparation we are now ready to upgrade the network infrastructure of one of our most important locations, ANX04 (DATASIX, Vienna), to a new level. Our customers therefore profit from more capacity, even more security and modern technology. <\/p>\n

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Project: New Data Center-Switching-Platform<\/h3>\n

Our core location, ANX04, in Vienna is an important part of the Backbone Europe. At this location we operate a classic, flat layer 2 infrastructure. In respect of the increasing requirements, new available technologies on the market and the ambitious growth targets of Anexia, the evaluation of a new, future-oriented data center-switching-platform has been needed. Further automation, for example in bare-metal-compute or private cloud, as well as the harmonisation of network infrastructure across all our brands are further milestones, that will follow in the future. <\/p>\n

Anexia established a special team for this and similar projects, that exclusively deal with the evaluation, qualification and implementation of new technologies in our network. The utilization of our infrastructure is continuously monitored and compared with our capacity planning. <\/p>\n

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Selection criteria for our new platform<\/h3>\n

The selection of the right components for our data center locations is of high importance. Obvious parameters like bandwidth, port availability and life cycle play an important role. Special attention has been paid to the often underestimated, less visible technology and chip\/silicon-based scaling limits. The evaluation and improvement of these constantly enables us to respond to growth at an early stage. <\/p>\n

Consistent availability of APIs, abandonment of manufacturer proprietary technologies, effective layer 2 security (loop-protection) and easy operation are further requirements for the selection of a new platform. <\/p>\n

These and other aspects have been transferred to a functional specification document and have been discussed and evaluated with different manufacturers – both in relation of technology and hardware selection. Two manufacturers were shortlisted. EVPN\/VXLAN have been determined as technologies. <\/p>\n

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Advantages of the new platform & technology<\/h3>\n

The definition of the new hardware platform and use of EVPN\/VXLAN offers not only us, but also our customers many advantages: <\/p>\n