Data Center Interconnect
Secure, multi-purpose interconnection
Challenges in
Data Center Interconnect
As businesses accelerate their shift to cloud-based services and digital transformation, the demand for efficient and scalable DCI networks has surged. However, today’s DCI networks face critical challenges that can limit growth and impact performance
Increasing Demand for Bandwidth
The explosion of internet traffic and growing reliance on cloud services are placing significant strain on DCI networks. High-capacity routes between data centers must keep pace with this growth to avoid bottlenecks that can disrupt mission-critical operations.
The Scalability Dilemma
Organizations face the challenge of building future-proof DCI infrastructures that can scale efficiently. Legacy solutions often fail to provide the agility and bandwidth required to handle dynamic workloads and real-time connectivity needs.
Balancing Costs & Resources
While opportunities to drive new revenue streams emerge, businesses must balance limited budgets and resources. Optimizing DCI solutions to deliver high performance at a lower cost is crucial to sustaining growth.
The Need for Automation & Security
To meet quality-of-experience expectations, businesses need next-generation DCI architectures that harness automation for seamless bandwidth scaling. Additionally, they must ensure network security as data traverses between facilities.
Why Choose eStruxture for Data Center Interconnect Solutions
eStruxture’s DCI solution delivers high-performance, low-latency connectivity with built-in redundancy. Designed for reliability and scalability, it ensures seamless, cost-efficient interconnection for mission-critical infrastructure.
Built for High Availability
eStruxture’s Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solution leverages our nx100Gbps fully redundant network backbone to provide high-availability connections for your mission-critical infrastructure.
Layer 2 Ethernet Point-o-Point Connections
Our DCI connections are delivered as Layer 2, Ethernet point-to-point connections for seamless, low-latency data transfers between facilities.
Self-Healing Metro Network for Reliability
Built on our self-healing metro network backbone, our DCI solution offers a high baseline level of redundancy, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity and maximum uptime.
Cost-Efficient, Scalable Connectivity
We deliver enterprise-grade redundancy and performance while keeping costs to a minimum, giving your business an optimized, scalable interconnection solution.
Key Features of eStruxture’s Data Center Interconnect
Form secure and high-speed interconnections between your mission-critical infrastructure. eStruxture’s Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solution leverages our nx100Gbps fully redundant network backbone to provide a network solution built for high-availability connections. DCI connections are formed as layer 2, ethernet point-to-point connections delivered on top of our self-healing metro network backbone to deliver a high baseline level of redundancy while keeping costs to a minimum.
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Speeds from 100Mbps to 10Gbps
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Built on a fully redundant metro network
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EVPL by default but EPL is also available
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Automatic failover to alternate available paths
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Jumbo frames support (9216 bytes)
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Cross-connects included
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24/7/365 support
Toronto
Montreal
FAQs About DCI - Data Center Interconnect
What is Data Center Interconnect (DCI)?
Data Center Interconnect (DCI) is a high-bandwidth, low-latency networking technology that connects two or more geographically separated data centers through private, dedicated circuits. Unlike public internet connections, DCI enables data centers to function as a unified infrastructure for seamless data sharing, resource pooling, disaster recovery, and workload distribution.
eStruxture's DCI solution connects our facilities across Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary using our nx100Gbps fully redundant network backbone, delivering enterprise-grade connectivity for mission-critical operations
What is the difference between Data Center Interconnect and regular internet connectivity?
Data Center Interconnect uses private, dedicated circuits rather than the public internet, providing guaranteed bandwidth, lower latency (typically under 1ms for metro connections), enhanced security through traffic isolation, and predictable performance for mission-critical applications.
What speeds do eStruxture's Data Center Interconnect services support?
eStruxture offers DCI connections ranging from 100Mbps to 10Gbps, built on our nx100Gbps fully redundant metro network backbone. Both EVPL (Ethernet Virtual Private Line) and EPL (Ethernet Private Line) configurations are available.
What are the main use cases for Data Center Interconnect?
Common DCI use cases include: disaster recovery and business continuity, real-time data replication and synchronization, workload migration and load balancing between facilities, hybrid cloud connectivity, and distributed application deployment across multiple data centers.
Which eStruxture locations support Data Center Interconnect?
eStruxture's DCI services connects all facilities within our metro networks: 5 data centers in Montreal (MTL-1 through MTL-5), 5 in Toronto (TOR-1 through TOR-5), 3 in Vancouver (VAN-1 through VAN-3), and 3 in Calgary (CAL-1 through CAL-3).
How does eStruxture ensure DCI reliability?
Our DCI solution is built on a self-healing metro network backbone with automatic failover to alternate available paths. This provides enterprise-grade redundancy with maximum uptime, backed by 24/7/365 support.