The European IXP Sceneand

an introduction to euro-ix

by serge radovcic

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part i

The EuropeanIXP Scene

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A brief history of IXPs in EuropeGrowth of European IXPs since 1992

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Non profit IXPCommercial IXPTotal IXPs

- First IXPs appeared at the start of the 1990’s

- Initially from academic and research institutes

- Commercial IXPs made a real emergence around 2000/2001

- 2001 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 nature3

103 IXPs31 Countries96 Cities282 Locations

European IXP traffic•Combined European IXP peak traffic has risen from:

- 964 Gbps end April ’07 to 1,676 Gbps end April ‘08 - 712 Gbps or 74% increase in the past 12 months

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DE-CIX286 Gbps

ESPANIX133 Gbps

LINX245 Gbps

AMS-IX408Gbps

Netnod78 Gbps

European IXP traffic ‘hotspots’

BIX65 Gbps

Ranking IXP City Gbps

1 AMS-IX Amsterdam 408

2 DE-CIX Frankfurt 286

3 LINX London 245

4 ESPANIX Madrid 133

5 Netnod Stockholm 78

6 BIX Budapest 65

7 PANAP Paris 47

8 NIX.CZ Prague 38

9 MIX Milan 33

10 MSK-IX Moscow 23

11 PLIX Warsaw 21

12 Netnod Malmoe 19

13 FICIX Helsinki 17

17 NL-IX Amsterdam 16

18 BNIX Brussels 16

14 VIX Vienna 15

15 UA-IX Kiev 15

16 NIX Oslo 14

19 Netnod Sundsvall 10

20 Netnod Gothenburg 9

Total Traffic of top 20 IXPs 1508

Top 20 IXPs: Traffic

- Top 20 IXPs make up 90% of European traffic

- Top 3 IXPs make up 46% of European traffic

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•Factors involved in European IXP traffic trends: Weather, vacations, sporting events .......

Seasonal traffic trends

Football

Xmas & New Year

4 weeks warm weatherSummer

Xmas & New Year

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IXP participants

•4.187 participants at the 100+ IXPs across Europe

•2.510 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

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DE-CIX250+

MSK-IX220+

LINX285+

AMS-IX295+

VIX98+

European IXP participant ‘hotspots’

SwissIX98+

Switches in use at IXPs

- approximately 375 switches in use at IXPs across Europe

August 2007

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part ii

EURO-IX(an introduction)

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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 2001 - 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.

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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 - Glimmerglass14

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.

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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

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

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ABC-IXt

noc@abc-ix.nett

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Euro-IX for IXPs (4)•Staff Exchange DB: Displays an IXP’s willingness

or ability to assist other member IXPs

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Euro-IX for IXP participants (1)

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• Listing of 44 IXPs• Service comparison matrix• Detailed information on all affiliated IXPs

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Euro-IX for IXP participants (2)

• The Euro-IX ASN DB • More than 4,000 entries

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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

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Euro-IX for the community

• Euro-IX public ‘Resources’ section

- http://www.euro-ix.net/resources/

•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

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European Internet Exchange Association

http://www.euro-ix.net

serge@euro-ix.net

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