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AWS Direct Connect

Optimize Your Hybrid IT Environment with Direct Cloud Connection

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Choose the Fast Lane Into AWS

AWS Direct Connect, a dedicated network connection, allows you to connect your CoreSite on-premises infrastructure and AWS directly within our data centers. This secure, native onramp extends your IT operations into the cloud, where you can take advantage of data storage or run production workloads.

Why risk using the public internet when this alternative delivers high-value outcomes? Achieve optimal network performance based on private, low-latency connectivity, reduce data transfer costs and improve security.

Access AWS in all CoreSite markets, through direct fiber or a network partner.

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AWS Direct Connect

Cost-effective, private connectivity to AWS services, storage, DevOps solutions and data.

 

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FUTURE-PROOF YOUR ARCHITECTURE
Direct connection to AWS enables you to innovate, accelerate time to market, integrate AI – and be ready for the future. It’s a multicloud world. Public cloud is, and always will be, one part of your distributed infrastructure. Deploying services in AWS helps create an architecture that elevates performance, increases visibility and improves data manageability.
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OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE AND REDUCE COSTS
Taking advantage of AWS Direct Connect offers a bundle of positive outcomes. Geographic proximity to AWS compute nodes in-region provides fewer network hops, offering up to 44% reduced latency.* In addition to lowering overall network costs, expect to save 60%-70% on data egress rates by connecting directly to AWS through a CoreSite data center.**
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ENHANCE RELIABILITY AND INCREASE SECURITY
Connect at the edge of the AWS network backbone and experience up to 60% less variability in network data and parameters* – who doesn’t like less risk and uncertainty? And, you can add a layer of protection by using a secure, private interface from your on-premises network to your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
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HOSTED CONNECTIONS, SHARED PORTS, RAPID PROVISIONING
Retain full control over network configurations using the MyCoreSite® software-defined service delivery platform and the Open Cloud Exchange,® a virtual router solution enabling data transfer across your multicloud scheme. Host connections with broadband performance up to 10Gbps in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Denver, New York and Boston and as fast as 500Mbps in Chicago and Miami.

ACCESS THE FULL SUITE OF AWS CLOUD SERVICES IN ALL AWS REGIONS

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AWS DIRECT CONNECT

Dedicated Connections, Dedicated Ports, Multiple Speeds

CoreSite customers in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Denver, New York and Northern Virginia can connect to AWS Cloud via AWS Direct Connect native routers in our data centers. 

Connect over a standard 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps or 100 Gbps ethernet and enable up to 50 Gbps leveraging AWS Direct Connect Hosted Connections and the OCX. You can also achieve 100 Gbps speeds using AWS link aggregation groups (LAG).

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VMWARE CLOUD ON AWS

Rapidly Extend On-Premises VMware vSphere Environments

VMware Cloud (VMC) on AWS integrates all the components that enable your organization to rapidly extend on-premises VMware vSphere environments into AWS. When you access VMC on AWS via CoreSite and AWS Direct Connect, you not only avoid the public internet but also gain competitive advantages in scalability and flexibility by connecting to AWS edge nodes. Learn More
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AWS DIRECT CONNECT

Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT IS AN AWS DIRECT CONNECT EDGE NODE? Edge nodes are the locations at which AWS Direct Connect partners provide connectivity between their network infrastructure and the AWS global network.
HOW AWS DIRECT CONNECT COMPARE TO AN INTERNET-BASED CONNECTION TO AWS? A dedicated, private edge link into AWS regions bypasses the public internet and offers ultra-low latency, reduced data transfer costs, improved security and consistent network performance. Alternatively, public internet is unsecure and congested, creating risk to data and network performance variability.
WHEN IS DIRECT CONNECT COMMONLY USED? Enterprises use Amazon Direct Connect to establish high-bandwidth connections to their AWS resources. Operations may include data migration, data transfers and hybrid cloud.
HOW DOES DIRECT CONNECT IMPROVE ENTERPRISE RESILIENCE? Users can create redundant connections to multiple Amazon Direct Connect locations.
HOW DOES THE AWS DIRECT CONNECTION SUPPORT DISASTER RECOVERY? The solution improves enterprise resilience and continuity through a dedicated, reliable connection through which to transfer data.
WHAT IS AN AWS DIRECT CONNECTION LINK AGGREGATION GROUP (LAG)? A LAG is a logical interface that uses the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) to aggregate multiple connections at one Direct Connect endpoint. These multiple connections can be treated as a single managed connection, which streamlines configuration. A LAG can be created by aggregating existing connections or by provisioning new connections.

* Calculations based on speed tests conducted by CoreSite of direct interconnection product vs. the public Internet and may not accurately reflect your performance improvements. These tests have not been independently verified by any third-party and should not be deemed to be an assurance or guarantee as to expected performance.

** Cost savings are based on CoreSite cost comparisons using publicly available and private information and/or CoreSite customer reported costs savings and may not be indicative of the costs savings that may be experienced by every customer that switches to the applicable CoreSite service.