Moscow Internet Exchange
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The Moscow Internet Exchange (MSK-IX) is an Internet Exchange Point
in Moscow
, Russia
. MSK-IX is a neutral and independent entity, originally established in 1995 with a single location inside of the Moscow International Telephone Exchange , but it now has eight geographically diverse locations in Moscow interconnected via Gigabit
and 10 Gigabit
links.
As of October 2009, the weekday throughput passes the 100 Gbit/s mark at 10:00 and stays beyond 120 Gbit/s during the timeline from 12:00 till 18:00, gradually increasing to 140 Gbit/s during the evening hours from 18:00 till midnight, whereas during the middle of the night towards the very early morning it could be as low as 50 Gbit/s. During the weekends and public holidays the daytime and evening throughput usually stays the same as weekdays.
MSK-IX has more than 270 members as of October 2009, and membership is open to any company regardless of its geographical location.
Internet Exchange Point
An Internet exchange point is a physical infrastructure through which Internet service providers exchange Internet traffic between their networks . IXPs reduce the portion of an ISP's traffic which must be delivered via their upstream transit providers, thereby reducing the average per-bit...
in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. MSK-IX is a neutral and independent entity, originally established in 1995 with a single location inside of the Moscow International Telephone Exchange , but it now has eight geographically diverse locations in Moscow interconnected via Gigabit
Gigabit
The gigabit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information or computer storage. The prefix giga is defined in the International System of Units as a multiplier of 109 , and therefore...
and 10 Gigabit
10 Gigabit Ethernet
The 10 gigabit Ethernet computer networking standard was first published in 2002. It defines a version of Ethernet with a nominal data rate of 10 Gbit/s , ten times faster than gigabit Ethernet.10 gigabit Ethernet defines only full duplex point to point links which are generally connected by...
links.
As of October 2009, the weekday throughput passes the 100 Gbit/s mark at 10:00 and stays beyond 120 Gbit/s during the timeline from 12:00 till 18:00, gradually increasing to 140 Gbit/s during the evening hours from 18:00 till midnight, whereas during the middle of the night towards the very early morning it could be as low as 50 Gbit/s. During the weekends and public holidays the daytime and evening throughput usually stays the same as weekdays.
MSK-IX has more than 270 members as of October 2009, and membership is open to any company regardless of its geographical location.