The European IXP Scene and an introduction to euro-ix

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1 The European IXP Scene and an introduction to euro-ix by serge radovcic NAPLA SALVADOR, BRAZIL - 27 MAy

2 part i The European IXP Scene NAPLA SALVADOR, BRAZIL - 27 MAy

3 A brief history of IXPs in Europe - First IXPs appeared at the start of the 1990 s - Initially from academic and research institutes - Commercial IXPs made a real emergence around 2000/ Growth of European IXPs since 1992 Non profit IXP Commercial IXP Total IXPs to 2003 saw the establishment of 42 IXPs End 2007: just over 100 active IXPs across Europe - 65% of IXPs today are of a not-for-profit nature 3

4 103 IXPs 31 Countries 96 Cities 282 Locations

5 European IXP traffic Combined European IXP peak traffic has risen from: Gbps end April 07 to 1,676 Gbps end April Gbps or 74% increase in the past 12 months 5

6 European IXP traffic hotspots Netnod 78 Gbps AMS-IX 408Gbps LINX 245 Gbps ESPANIX 133 Gbps BIX 65 Gbps DE-CIX 286 Gbps

7 Top 20 IXPs: Traffic - Top 20 IXPs make up 90% of European traffic - Top 3 IXPs make up 46% of European traffic Ranking IXP City Gbps 1 AMS-IX Amsterdam DE-CIX Frankfurt LINX London ESPANIX Madrid Netnod Stockholm 78 6 BIX Budapest 65 7 PANAP Paris 47 8 NIX.CZ Prague 38 9 MIX Milan MSK-IX Moscow PLIX Warsaw Netnod Malmoe FICIX Helsinki NL-IX Amsterdam BNIX Brussels VIX Vienna UA-IX Kiev NIX Oslo Netnod Sundsvall Netnod Gothenburg 9 Total Traffic of top 20 IXPs

8 Seasonal traffic trends Factors involved in European IXP traffic trends: Weather, vacations, sporting events... Xmas & New Year Xmas & New Year Football 4 weeks warm weather Summer 8

9 IXP participants participants at the 100+ IXPs across Europe of these have unique ASNs 615 ASNs present at > 1 IXP in Europe 18 ASNs present at > 10 IXPs in Europe One ASN (AS174 Cogent) is known to be present at no less than 20 IXPs across Europe 9

10 European IXP participant hotspots MSK-IX 220+ AMS-IX 295+ LINX 285+ SwissIX 98+ DE-CIX 250+ VIX 98+

11 Switches in use at IXPs August approximately 375 switches in use at IXPs across Europe 11

12 part ii EURO-IX (an introduction) NAPLA SALVADOR, BRAZIL - 27 MAy

13 Euro-IX: a very brief history RIPE EIX-WG (formed 1998) By end of 2000 some IXPs saw a need to devote more time to IXP operational specific issues May Euro-IX was born (7 IXPs signed up) It worked! The IXPs were mainly not for profit, non competitive, were willing to exchange experiences and work together to solve problems & issues. 13

14 Euro-IX today 44 affiliated IXPs: - Europe: 37 (25 different countries) - Asia: 4 (Japan & Nepal) - United States: 3 4 affiliated patrons: - Cisco Systems - Force10 Networks - Foundry Networks - Glimmerglass 14

15 Euro-IX for IXPs (1) Forums: Biannual meetings where our member IXPs (35+) and Patrons come together to discuss technical, commercial and regulatory issues. - Interaction is highly encouraged - Topics: Co-locations, IXP policy, IXP network tools, attracting more participants, IXP customer views, almost anything IXP related! Mailing lists: Technical, Security, Switch vendor specific, other interest groups. 15

16 Euro-IX for IXPs (2) Benchmarking Club: Annual online questionnaire that compares various facets of an IXP (port prices, engineer salaries, traffic growth, network management, etc.) Euro-IX Wiki: Collating of IXP BCPs, Route server experiences, HW/SW test list IXP Tools repository Online conferencing facilities (Marratech) Public affair updates (part time regulatory officer) 16

17 Euro-IX for IXPs (3) Euro-IX Switch DB 200+ entries List of models, modules, software version, problems, upgrade notes Allows IXPs to make contact with those that have similar switches ABC-IXt Abc1-hht 17

18 Euro-IX for IXPs (4) Staff Exchange DB: Displays an IXP s willingness or ability to assist other member IXPs 18

19 Euro-IX for IXP participants (1) Text Listing of 44 IXPs Service comparison matrix Detailed information on all affiliated IXPs 19

20 Euro-IX for IXP participants (2) The Euro-IX ASN DB More than 4,000 entries 20

21 Euro-IX for IXP participants (3) The Euro-IX peering matrix Cross reference of the number of unique/non-unique ASNs connected at each Euro-IX affiliated IXP 21

22 Euro-IX for the community Euro-IX public Resources section - Comprehensive list of all known European IXPs Annual reports on European IXPs: traffic trends, participants, sites, switch fabrics and more. Access to the Euro-IX ASN DB and peering matrix 22

23 European Internet Exchange Association NAPLA SALVADOR, BRAZIL - 27 MAy