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Q2 2019 technical update

Q2 2019 technical update

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Time has come to share a full update on the main technical actions and projects achieved by France-IX on its infrastructure during the second quarter of 2019: —– Network RFP Last April, we launched a tender to evaluate different vendors, with the objective to replace parts of our network infrastructure in the short/mid-term. The selection process has come to an end this week, with only 2 selected candidates after intensive analyses and comparisons by France-IX. Equipment integration and validation will…

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Q1 2019 Technical Update

Q1 2019 Technical Update

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The France-IX team is happy to update you about the main technical actions and projects carried on during the first 2019 quarter:   PASS service: Paris/Marseille interconnection After requesting many companies for proposals, we selected 2 optical capacity providers, BICS and GTT to deploy two 100G links between Paris and Marseille. Our choice was based on two main aspects: financial and technical. We wanted to keep PASS service affordable for everyone, while as well providing the best quality possible. That…

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Rapport technique Q1 2019

Rapport technique Q1 2019

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L’équipe France-IX est heureuse de vous informer sur les différents projets et actions entrepris durant ce premier trimestre 2019 :   Service PASS : interconnexion entre Paris et Marseille Après avoir sollicité plusieurs fournisseurs de capacité optique, nous avons retenu BICS et GTT pour déployer deux liens 100Gb/s entre les deux villes. Notre décision s’est principalement basée sur des aspects financiers et techniques. Notre objectif est de rendre le service PASS abordable pour tous nos membres, tout en offrant la…

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Rapport technique Q4 2018

Rapport technique Q4 2018

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Notre rapport technique pour le quatrième trimestre 2018 est disponible. Voici les principales actions entreprises au cours de cette période : Interconnexion Paris/Marseille : nous avons lancé une consultation afin de déployer de la capacité entre Paris et Marseille, comme annoncé lors de notre dernière Assemblée Générale. Nous sommes en train de comparer les fournisseurs et une capacité de 2x100Gbit/s sera déployée d’ici la fin du premier trimestre 2019. Nous vous fournirons bientôt des informations complémentaires sur cette nouvelle option…

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Q4 2018 Technical Update

Q4 2018 Technical Update

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Our technical report for Q4 2018 is now available. Check out the below to see the main actions undertaken during the last quarter 2018: Paris/Marseille interconnection: we launched a tender to deploy capacity between Paris and Marseille as announced during our last General Meeting. We are comparing providers and 2x100G of capacity will be deployed by the end of Q1 2019. We will provide you with additional information about offers to use this interconnection soon. Small and medium PoP upgrade:…

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Rapport technique Q3 2018

Rapport technique Q3 2018

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  Voici un résumé des principales opérations entreprises au cours du troisième trimestre 2018 sur l’infrastructure France-IX : —– Mise à jour logicielle : afin de résoudre des problèmes mineurs, nous avons réalisé une campagne d’upgrade logiciel sur les châssis Extreme SLX installés dans les PoPS Interxion PAR5 et Telehouse2. Surveillance du trafic diffusé sur le LAN de peering : nous avons développé un outil capable de surveiller le trafic de type broadcast, multicast et unknown unicast sur le réseau….

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Q3 2018 Technical Update

Q3 2018 Technical Update

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  Below are the main actions undertaken during the third quarter 2018: —– Software upgrade: in order to fix some minor issues, we performed a software upgrade campaign on Extreme SLX chassis installed @Interxion PAR5 and Telehouse2 PoPs. Layer 2 traffic inspection: we developed a tool to be able to monitor broadcasted traffic in the network. Analysers are installed in every PoP and traffic is classified by protocol. Then, we are able to check easily if there is unwanted L2…

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Rapport technique Q2 2018

Rapport technique Q2 2018

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Voici le rapport technique pour le deuxième trimestre 2018, qui résume les opérations passées et en cours sur l’infrastructure France-IX : —- Renouvellement du backbone à Paris : – Migration du PoP Equinix PA6 : Les membres à PA6 ont bénéficié d’une migration vers un châssis Extreme SLX-9850, version 8 slots, afin de fournir davantage de ports 100G. La solution Coriant Groove G30, des boîtes optiques DWDM, ont été installées afin de délivrer une capacité de 2x400G entre PA6 et les…

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Q2 2018 technical update

Q2 2018 technical update

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Below is our technical report for the second quarter of 2018, summarising past and current operations on France-IX’s infrastructure: —- Paris Backbone upgrades: – Equinix PA6 PoP migration: PA6 members have been moved to an Extreme SLX-9850 chassis, 8 slots version, in order to provide more 100G ports. Coriant Groove G30, DWDM optical boxes, have been installed to provide 2x400G of capacity between PA6 and PAR5/TH2 core PoPs. 400G between PA6 and TH2 are already available, 400G between PA6 and…

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Expereo offers France-IX members a free trial of its BGP Optimisation solution

Expereo offers France-IX members a free trial of its BGP Optimisation solution

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France-IX members have the option to test the XCA Edge BGP Optimisation software toolkit for their network, for free, without any purchasing commitment towards this Marketplace partner. Created and developed in France, the XCA Edge tool was originally called Border 6 NSI, before Border 6 was acquired by the network management company Expereo. For the interested France-IX members, no physical network changes are required, just a VLAN and some basic configuration are needed to set up the service. XCA Edge…

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