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The Big case for the small IXP
Cape Town, 21 August 2018
Solène Souquet, Business development
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IXPs – a success story
• IXPs have played a fundamental role in the Internet worldwide• The IXP model has proven to be hugely successful
• IXPs started out as small, local solutions• Focusing on local interconnection
• Current IXP paradigm:• IXP presence in several datacenters to increase reach• Metro networks with transport across a larger region• Additional value-added services• Cloud services, remote peering etc.
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More IXPs to the world!
• Not just in highly developed markets - even more so in developing markets
• It also needs those exchanges to be inclusive, cost effective and automated • Getting all those aspects right is why it usually takes a long time to establish an IXP
• But is big really better?
• Do all IXPs need to be 100GE, multi-site, with transport over long distances, additional cloud services, remote peering etc?
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ITU ICT Development Index (IDI)
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http://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-D/idi/2017/
The IDI looks at:• ICT readiness (infrastructure and access)• ICT intensity (Usage, broadband subscriptions)• ICT capability or skills (literacy, education etc)
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Africa – submarine cables
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https://www.submarinecablemap.com
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African Population
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http://afrographique.tumblr.com
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African Mobile Subscriptions
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Global – ALL IXPs
20 Gbps
54th
percentile
44 active IXPs in 32 countries
African IXPs according to AF-IX
Requirements List to get you started
• Capable of 20Gbps peak, 8Gbps average traffic• 20-30 customer ports• 10Mbps, 100Mbps, 1Gbps, multiple 1Gbps, 10Gbps• Portal/website• Quarantine VLAN• Route server• Arpwatch• Central location with good connectivity options
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IXP Benefit - ISOC Policy briefing
• IXPs provide important benefits such as:• Lowering Internet access costs for end users • Decreasing ISP operating costs • Cheap local connections• Improve access for end users
• IXPs can be instrumental in developing the local Internet ecosystem of stability and continuity of access
• Attract out-of-country service operators• Keep local traffic flowing within the country• Encourage local service hosting and local content development and applications• Attract a variety of other services, (domain name servers, root-server mirrors, time
servers, content and Web caches)
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https://cdn.prod.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ISOC-PolicyBrief-IXPs-20151030_nb.pdf
“Build it and we will come”
• Getting content providers adds enormous value to your IXP• But it comes at a price – which is a separate business case!• Typical requirements:
• free IP transit, free space & power• The upside:
• total IP transit cost for the community goes down• Much improved user experience
Some thoughts
• You don’t need a huge budget
• You DO need a solid community (inclusive, pragmatic, neutral)
• Don’t be afraid to upgrade
• Just about everything else is more important than the IXP hardware
• If you want resilience, build more IXPs
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The Asteroid mission
To provide modern, local, cost-effective
Internet exchange points,
wherever there is a need
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Bringing back local interconnection!
• Asteroid set out to go back to the origin of IXPs
• But built to modern standards, on 15+ years of experience in the interconnection industry
• Complete package: right-sized hardware, our softwares and support
• As a result, IXPs become easier to establish, reach more markets and provide a better and more predictable platform for all sizes of networks
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One platform – two products
Asteroid IXPManaged, marketed, and run
by Asteroid
under the Asteroid brand(Amsterdam, Mombasa)
White label IXP
Managed, marketed, and runby
a third party (existing IXP, launching IXP, datacenter…)
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We believe in automation
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Automation at the core
01FastBuilt for speed. Port provisioning in a matterof seconds
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ScalableThe Asteroid management system can easily handle a multitude of IXPs around the world
02Secure
Reduced risk for human error. Security is built into the tech solution
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ReplicableAsteroid is an IXP
platform. Full automationallows for rapid, easy,
straightforward replication
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Asteroid’s IXP software suite
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Facilitates management of your IXP• Lists your sites and exchange• Automates IP addressing and
configuration
Manage customer relationships• Add peers, store all necessary
information to connect them• Manage relationships & contacts
(tech, legal, admin, accounting)• List one or several entities, ASNs for
each organisation• Send quotes and contracts
Provision ports • Simple, straightforward, automated -
anyone in the organisation can provision ports
Manage statistics• Monitor the overall traffic statistics
for your IXP• Monitor traffic per peer
Get control over your IXP• Get a picture of the peering jobs to
be done (connection, troubleshooting, …)
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Conclusions
• Start small• First, grow to scale. Then, scale to grow• You don’t need an over dimensioned solution
• Small doesn’t mean it’s not state-of-the-art• You should have route servers, statistics, basic toolset, a good portal on Day 1• Automation is king
• Costs matter!• Keep fees low• Think long term – free is not sustainable!• Power consumption matters - power is always a recurring cost!
• Build your community• Get the local community on board• Build your international reach
• Start your own, get an Asteroid IXP, or partner with us
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