Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> writes: > Some might ask why not get a cross connect to the provider. It is cheaper > to buy an port on the exchange (which includes the cross connect to the > exchange) than buy multiple cross connects. Plus we are planning on getting > a wave to the exchange, and not having any physical routers or switches at > the datacenter where the exchange/wave terminates at. Is this possible?
"Technically possible" and "advisable" are two different things. If you enjoy finger-pointing on the occasions where you are trying to smoke out performance issues, I encourage as many third, fourth, and fifth-party-managed network layers in the mix as possible. A wave with no way to test to the handoff point would of course be the icing on the cake. Are you sure you can't afford to sublet a few ru of space from someone and pay for a couple extra cross connects? -r
