2.1.2.1 Direct Connect Networks
Directly connected networks are provisioned by the end customer to the provider hosted data center / network. The provider can offer a connection point with a particular speed meeting specific criteria and the end customer can contract with a network service provider to provide the line.
The provider typically manages their side of the circuit, while the end customer is responsible for the its side of the circuit, along with the network provider. Existing telecommunications-based service providers might have offerings in this space that they can leverage end-to-end for their end customers by connecting the end customers to a local data center where the service provider has a point of presence.
The following table provides an example of two different direct connect service offerings.
Table 2. Direct Connect Service Examples
Circuit Bandwidth | Service Description |
1 Gbps | 1 Gbps connection from the end customer to the provider data center. This would typically be used for simple management traffic or replication of small quantities of data, and might be subject to larger RPOs. |
10 Gbps | 10 Gbps connection from the end customer to the provider data center. This would allow for larger amounts of data to be replicated to the target and would reduce the potential RPO available to the end customer. |
Note The larger bandwidth allows for more data to be replicated simultaneously. However, latencies across the links are determined by the distances and hops required between sites, and must be considered when determining the RPOs and RTOs that the business requires and that the infrastructure can deliver.