IXManchester Update Ben Hedges, LINX CMO 21 st April 2015.
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Quick Stats
• 65 Networks connected • 8 through ConneXions (12.5%)• 12 x 10G ports• 2 x reseller ports• 190G Connected capacity• 23Gb peak traffic
Progress Report
• New PoPs finally on-net (more later)• Connected members at all three sites• In January 2014 I said “We want IXManchester to be a Top
30 IXP”• IXManchester is now in the Top 20 European IXPs by
participant in the Euro-IX peering matrix (29th globally)• We would need to double this number of participants if we
wish to establish IXManchester alongside the likes of VIX, NAPAfrica and Netnod – Do we?
New Peers Lining Up
• On roadmap for many large networks in 2015 including;– Microsoft– Limelight– Hurricane Electric– Apple
Service Availability
• Measurements done on ‘Flowmon’ platform–https://www.linx.net/members/support/metric-explanation.html
• Just off the back of 12 months 100% availability• Still achieving 99.999% for the LAN• Factor of scale• Plans to do more:
– More probes– Newer probes
Finance
• Full year financials for 2014• Surplus is ~ £1.7m• Over £1.4m over budget• Audited report at AGM next month• 2015 started well
Staff News
New starter•Daniel Smith
– Cyber Security Manager
•Recruitment underway– Software Dev / Ops Engineer– Project Manager– Network Engineer
•See https://linx.net/job/index.html
New London Office
• Found new offices in Monument Place
• Lease signed for 10 years with 5 year break
• Just under 10,000sq ft
• Co-tenant found and terms agreed
• Move : August
2015 Fee Structure
• Designed to return surplus funds to members
• 1GE port at *every* LINX LAN included with Membership Fee
• 10GE and 100GE ports reduced by 13%
• Additional 1G ports at IXManchester at £135
• 10GE ports at IXManchester now £590mrc ~ 4.5 x 1G
Current Offers in Manchester
• M247 are offering 12 months free 1G transport to LINX London or LINX Manchester with 1G peering port at no extra charge if 2nd or subsequent LINX LAN.
• Telecity are offering free cross-connects to a limited number new participants connecting in Joule House*
• Free cross connects to members connecting inside M247*