Downtime of a network or application can have significant consequences for a business. For example, if a company’s website is unreachable, it could easily lose millions of euros, depending on the industry and company size. An internal business application malfunction can also have negative consequences if it prohibits regular work or if data is lost.
Redundant connectivity is vital for stable business operations. If there is a malfunction on the NL-IX or AMS-IX, all connected providers might go offline. If a company wants to be always online, the internet connection must also be redundant. It would be best to choose a data center where you can connect to multiple Internet Exchanges, such as the DE-CIX, NDIX, NL-IX, or the R-IX. If an emergency occurs, the data traffic can be routed over alternative paths.
For example, on May 13, 2015, there was an incident on AMS-IX – during maintenance work, an employee made an error, resulting from which the internal routers and switches became overloaded, and many websites became very slow or inaccessible.