Redundancy and scalability are crucial in peering because they directly affect the reliability, performance, and growth potential of your business's network.
Redundancy ensures that your network stays operational even when something goes wrong. With multiple peering connections in place, your business is not dependent on a single path for data to flow. If one connection fails due to an outage, technical issue, or network congestion, traffic can be rerouted through another available connection, minimizing downtime. For businesses that rely heavily on the internet, like e-commerce platforms or cloud service providers, redundancy can be the difference between smooth operations and lost revenue or reputation. It guarantees that your data keeps flowing, even in adverse conditions.
Scalability, on the other hand, allows your network to grow with your business. As your company expands and attracts more customers or partners, the amount of data you need to handle will increase. Scalability in peering means you can add more connections or bandwidth to accommodate higher demand without having to completely overhaul your network infrastructure. This flexibility lets your business continue to operate efficiently as it grows, without hitting a performance ceiling.
Time has proven that as you add peers, your reliance on commodity internet bandwidth reduces. This is because best path network selection creates traffic localization. When you couple this with the low total cost of ownership in peering, it becomes a highly effective network redundancy and scalability mechanism. By prioritizing redundancy and scalability, you protect your business against unexpected disruptions and prepare for future growth. Whether you're expanding your customer base, adding new services, or increasing traffic, these two factors ensure that your network can handle the demands of a growing business while maintaining high levels of performance and uptime.
At DACS-IX, we offer peering solutions designed with redundancy and scalability in mind, so your network can stay resilient and ready to grow.