This document discusses the future of AMS-IX and key trends. It notes that growth is slowing and the market is stabilizing. AMS-IX is focusing on evolutionary services like IPv6, GRX/IPX, opening new sites, and introducing 100Gbit ports. Revolutionary services include offering SLAs, expanding its reseller program, and opening an exchange in Hong Kong. Key components are its community emphasis on collaboration, building a redundant network, and expanding its technical team. AMS-IX aims to continue growing through new technologies and opportunities while cooperating closely with partners.

1. IX future: AMS-IX example
Version 0.6
Maksym Tulyuk ENOG 3
maksym.tulyuk@ams-ix.net Odessa. 22 May 2011

2. Content
1. Growth challenges
2. Evolutionary services
3. Revolutionary services
4. Key components
5. Conclusions
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3. 1. Growth challenges
Maksym Tulyuk ENOG 3
maksym.tulyuk@ams-ix.net Odessa. 22 May 2011

4. 1.1. Slowing growth
2011
2012
https://www.ams-ix.net/statistics/
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5. 1.1. Slowing growth
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6. 1.2. Market stability
Traffic in May 2011
• DE-CIX: 1.450 Gbit/s
• AMS-IX: 1.220 Gbit/s
• LINX: 846 Gbit/s
• MSK-IX: 485 Gbit/s
• UA-IX: 286 Gbit/s
Traffic in May 2012
• DE-CIX: 1.787 Gbit/s
• AMS-IX: 1.573 Gbit/s
• LINX: 1.182 Gbit/s
• MSK-IX: 648 Gbit/s
• UA-IX: 261 Gbit/s + DTEL-IX: 123 Gbit/s
https://www.euro-ix.net/tools/ixp_matrix
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7. 1.2. Market stability
Connected ASes in May 2011
• AMS-IX: 429
• DE-CIX: 389
• LINX: 385
• MSK-IX: 344
• NL-ix: 281
Connected ASes in May 2012
• AMS-IX: 488
• DE-CIX: 441
• LINX: 423
• MSK-IX: 362
• NL-ix: 274
https://www.euro-ix.net/tools/ixp_matrix
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8. 1.3. Ports growth
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9. 1.3. Traffic per port
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10. 1. Growth challenges
1.Slowing growth
2.Market stability
3.Ports growth
What do we see now?
Growth or Stagnation
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11. 2. Evolutionary services
Maksym Tulyuk ENOG 3
maksym.tulyuk@ams-ix.net Odessa. 22 May 2011

12. 2.1. IPv6
2011
2012
https://www.ams-ix.net/sflow-stats/ipv6/
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13. 2.2. GRX / IPX
2011
2012
https://stats.ams-ix.net/grx.html
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14. 2.3. New sites
EvoSwitch
NIKHEF
Equinix 3 SARA
Global
Switch
Telecity 4
EUNetworks
Terremar
k
Equinix
Telecity 2
Telecity 5
Interxion 5
4 new sites (addition to 8 existing)
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15. 2.4. 100Gbit
• New type of interface: 100Gbit/s
• 2 customer ports – May 2012
Pros:
•1x100Gbit smaller
than 10x10Gbit
•Less fiber
Cons:
•Price
•Size
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16. 2. Evolutionary services
1. IPv6
2. GRX/IPX
3. New sites
4. 100Gbit
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17. 3. Revolutionary services
Maksym Tulyuk ENOG 3
maksym.tulyuk@ams-ix.net Odessa. 22 May 2011

18. 3.1. SLA
• Main market: mobile operators
• Price: higher that existing port
• 1Gbit: 500 euro + 100 euro
• 10Gbit: 1500 euro + 250 euro
• Parameters
• Availability: 99.99%
• Packet Loss: 0.05%
• One Way Delay: 0.5ms
• One Way Delay variation: 0.1ms
http://www.ams-ix.net/real-time-stats
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19. 3.2. Reseller program
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20. 3.2. Reseller program
• Steady growth
• in Russia: 2
• in Ukraine: 0
2010-2012
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21. 3.3. AMS-IX Hong Kong
• Separate exchange in Hong Kong (HK)
• Responsibility:
• AMS-IX: equipment and support
• Hutchison: new customers and interconnect to Amsterdam
• Main service: local interconnect in HK
• Extra service: connectivity to AMS-IX in HK
http://www.ams-ix.hk/ 21

22. 3. Revolutionary services
1. SLA
2. Reseller program
3. AMS-IX Hong Kong
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23. 4. Key components
Maksym Tulyuk ENOG 3
maksym.tulyuk@ams-ix.net Odessa. 22 May 2011

24. 4.1. Community
HK SLA
1. Collaboration
2. Equality
3. Consensus
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25. 4.2. Network
• Quick failover: SLA
• Redundancy: SLA
• Scalability: 4 new sites, AMS-IX HK
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26. 4.2. Network
Photonic cross
connection
Move a 10/100G
connection to the
backup router in case
of emergency/PW
CORE routers
Two duplicates routers
on each core site
EDGE routers
Connectivity to each
core router
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27. 4.4. 100Gbit and core
100Gbit
Core
Core “new”
“old” Core
“old”
Core
“new" 100Gbit
100Gbit
New and old core sites
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28. 4.3. Team
1. MPLS implementation
2. 100Gbit testing
3. Interconnect between AMS-IX and HK
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29. 4. Key components
1. Community
2. Network
3. Team
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30. 5. Conclusions
Maksym Tulyuk ENOG 3
maksym.tulyuk@ams-ix.net Odessa. 22 May 2011

31. 5. Conclusions
• Keep growing (100Gbit, new colo)
• Always looking for new opportunities (SLA, HK)
• Cooperation with partners (resellers, HK, colo)
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32. http://www.ams-ix.net/contact/
Questions?
Maksym Tulyuk
maksym.tulyuk@ams-ix.net