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Network Enabled Cloud:AWS Direct Connect

01/11/2016

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Background• Today, access to Cloud-based Services dominated by Public Internet

connections– Issues:

• Performance: Varies widely. Customers complaining– E.g. speed, latency & jitter variations = a function of the Internet

connection not the Cloud Service• Security: Concerns• Reliability: Concerns

• Answer:– AWS Direct Connect gives customers fast, secure,

reliable connections; and,– Huge cost savings!


Direct Connect Cost Savings• Data transfer to AWS is free. • Data Transfer from AWS =

– $0.12 per GB for Internet-based connections– $0.02 per GB for Direct Connect

• Typical customer transfers 200,000 GB from AWS per month. • AWS Data Transfer via Internet:

– 200,000 x $0.12 = $24,000– Internet connection $ 300 (e.g. Vendor Business Internet)

– TOTAL: $24,300• AWS Data Transfer via Direct Connect (existing IP VPN customer)

– 200,000 x $0.02 $4,000– 1 Gbps IP VPN port $3,071– TOTAL: $7,071


Direct Connect Cost Savings cont’d

• Data Transfer via Direct Connect (EPL customer)– 200,000 x $0.02 $4,000– 1 Gbps EPL (typical) $3,000– TOTAL: $7,000

• Data Transfer via Direct Connect (New IP VPN customer)– 200,000 x $0.02 $4,000– 1 Gbps IP VPN Loop $3,000 (Customer A

Location)– 1 Gbps IP VPN Port$3,071 (Customer A Location)

– 1 Gbps IP VPN Port$3,071 (AWS Location)

– TOTAL: $13,142


AWS Direct Connect• AWS Direct Connect supports all AWS cloud services

including:– Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2); – Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC); – Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3); and,– Amazon DynamoDB

• First step: Customers must create their own AWS account via the AWS website before setting up their XO provided connections


How Customers Set Up AWS Direct Connect

Select a region

Only 2 choices: 1G or 10GIf customers want different port speeds, the text abovedirects them to “contact one of our partners for other options to connect.” - Those other options are: Hosted (NNI-based) Connection @ 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, or 500 Mbps



Customers select either 1G or 10G connection. This automatically generates an LOA/CFA and emails it to the customer.If customers want lower speed connections, they are directed to contact an AWS Direct Connect Partner i.e. XOWhen the connections are set up, customers move on to set up their Virtual Interfaces



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How XO Connects to AWS Direct Connect• Options:

• Ethernet Private Line @ 1G or 10G (no sub-rates) via cross-connects; or,

• IP-VPN via NNIs (Seattle & Ashburn) from 50 Mbps to 500 Mbps; or,

• IP-VPN @ 1G or 10G via cross-connect at any or all locations below

AWS Zone AWS Site XO Bldg ID Street Address City State ZIP MMR MMR Operator Comments

US East (Virginia) CoreSite NY NY00038 32 Ave of the Americas New York NY 10013 24F TelX

US East (Virginia) Equinix DC1 VA00286 21711 Filigree CT, BLDG C Ashburn VA 20147 1F EquinixUS East (Virginia) Equinix DC2 VA00303 21715 Filigree CT, BLDG F Ashburn VA 20147 2020 Equinix NNI with AWS w/o 8/11/14

US West (Northern California)

Equinix SV1 CA02557 11 Great Oaks Blvd San Jose CA 95119 1F Equinix

US West (Northern California)

Equinix SV5 9 Great Oaks Blvd. San Jose CA Equinix

US West (Oregon) Equinix SE2 WA00062 2001 Sixth Ave Seattle WA 98121 19F Westin/XO NNI with AWS here

XO can/will establish cross-connects to AWS at these

locations as demand warrants

XO can/will establish cross-connects to AWS at this

location as demand warrants


How do I Order an AWS Connection?• Existing XO IP-VPN Customers:

– Just order a Port & a Cloud Connect. There is no “loop” as colo sites are on-net & the “CPE” is already there – it’s our MCR

• NOTE: You also need the customer’s AWS Account # & put it on the SOA

• 50M to 500M: – In XOG Configurator specify a port at one of the speeds

supported by AWS e.g. 100 MB Service– Specify a Cloud Connect: AWS Direct Connect Shared Port

• 1G or 10G: – In XOG Configurator specify either a 1 G Service or a 10 G

Service – Order a Cloud Connect: AWS Direct Connect Dedicated Port

» AWS will generate an LOA/CFA to the customer for this work. Customer must give the LOA/CFA to Equinix and to XO

» Customer pays XO for the cross-connect


How do I get connected to AWS?• Ethernet Private Line

– 1G or 10G: • Go to NAPT (Transport) &

order a line from the A Location to the Z Location (either of the shaded sites in slide 4)

• Order a Cloud Connect: AWS Direct Connect Dedicated Port

» AWS will generate an LOA/CFA to the customer for this work. Customer must give the LOA/CFA to Equinix and to XO

» Customer pays XO for the cross-connect


What does AWS “look” like on my bill?• AWS (and Microsoft Azure) Cloud Connections appear as separate $0

charges on customers’ invoices– Connection is free. Customer pays for the port– Lets customers have multiple cloud providers on their invoices


What does AWS “look” like on my bill? cont’d

• Billing can support multiple cloud providers e.g. Amazon & Microsoft


IP-VPN Product Page & AWS Direct Connect


AWS Direct Connect: General Questions


Things to keep in mind• XO

– does not resell AWS cloud services. We just connect to them. Customers contract with AWS for their AWS services

• AWS Direct Connect– has no SLAs. XO can only provide latency etc. guarantees to

the AWS connect point• AWS has data centers in Ashburn & Seattle. This is where

XO has its NNIs to AWS– AWS dictates where customers can connect to their services

• Although, in practice, AWS is very flexible re: this• Customers can check the latest AWS documentation for

equipment and other requirements

http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/


Things to keep in mind• How much bandwidth do I need?

– This is use case dependent. Storage heavy customers will want 10G ports, while smaller enterprise workloads, like a SharePoint site, can use sub-1G

– In practice, > 80% of customers connect @ 1 Gbps• What is the latency?

– It depends. There are multiple Availability Zones (Data Centers) in an AWS region. Latency to a server in one could be higher to latency to a server in another.

– It’s still single digit latencies between Direct Connect and AWS resources.


Amazon Web Services Direct Connect• Summary

– IP-VPN and Private Line options give customers secure access to AWS

• Eliminates security concerns with Internet-based connections

– Connection speeds from 50 Mbps to 10 Gbps– IP-VPN connections support advanced application aware

IP-VPN features, e.g., Bandwidth on Demand


Additional Resources


Direct Connect Cheaper than Internet


Data Transfer Rates Depend on Location

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