Routed IP Services
Definition:
A private network using fibre or satellite bandwidth to connect two or more sites, using layer 3 IP routing to manage traffic.
Provision:
Hermes provides links between sites using a combination of satellite and fibre. Fibre links may be traditional leased lines or include MPLS, VPN or ethernet connections. All links terminate on a Cisco router at each site which is managed by Hermes. Routes are then configured between sites as required. Sites can be fully or partially meshed.
Features: | |
Speed/Bandwidth | 64Kbps-155Mbps |
Interface | Ethernet. Voice interfaces (FXS, FXO, ISDN) also available |
Routing protocol | OSPF, BGP, RIP - subject to design |
Prioritisation | Traffic is prioritised according to protocol, source and/or destination IP addresses |
Service Level Agreement: |
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Latency | Round-trip delay subject to physical design |
Errors | Packet loss under 0.001% |
Availability | Normally 99.98% excluding scheduled maintenance and solar outages minutes/month |
Compression | Data compression is available to increase throughput |
Protocol Acceleration over satellite | Can be provided using SkyX gateways to increase server-server throughput. Requirement assessed at design stage. |
Management | All links are fully managed |
Redundancy | Can be provided including automatic failover via secondary link or FRoIP VPN over internet |
Acceptance Testing | Protocol-based throughput and performance testing including QoS tests end-to-end. |
