VirtualPNI

Establish virtual private connections. Establish virtual private point-to-point connections. A connection can be provisioned easily, between any two points within and between metro regions, as well as between your on-premise equipment and the DE-CIX Cloud ROUTER. Use VirtualPNI for ethernet based private lines between DE-CIX enabled data centers, enterprise network traffic, hybrid-cloud setups, or for selling transit, or paid peering.

Benefits

Flexible bandwidths from 10 Mbps up to 100 GE, easy upgrades.

No additional cross connect costs.

Low latency, high throughput on a carrier-grade private platform.

A virtual point-to-point private connection

VirtualPNI is a point-to-point service allowing you to install one or multiple VLANs on your access port to connect between end-points within a metro region, between metro regions, or between your on-premise equipment and the DE-CIX Cloud ROUTER in a hybrid-cloud setup. Save on Capex, as no additional equipment is needed, and easily extend the reach of your own network by using DE-CIX’s private high-performance platform.

Use cases

 

Layer 2 E-line point-to-point

VirtualPNI is a Layer 2 Ethernet circuit providing private, flexible, and on-demand connections between two or more DE-CIX access ports within a metro region or between metro regions. The VirtualPNI service between metro regions is available at our interconnected exchanges.

Layer 3 connection

A VirtualPNI connection between your physical DE-CIX access port and the DE-CIX Cloud ROUTER: A layer 3 routed network on our carrier-grade private platform to extend your on-premise equipment to your cloud environment. Automated real-time provisioning on the DE-CIX Portal.