Amsterdam, NL
Summary
Nikhef is an institute for fundamental research in the field of sub-atomic physics. As a not-for-profit, neutral and independent organisation Nikhef has a long tradition in the development of the Internet. Nikhef remains committed to play a role in improving the infrastructure of the Internet.
Since 1996 Nikhef, together with SARA, has served as housing partner for the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) and its members. Nowadays around 300 members connect to the AMS-IX at Nikhef, generating a substantial part of the total AMS-IX public peering traffic.
Nikhef houses one other Internet exchange: NL-IX. Various essential Internet services are also located at Nikhef: an any-cast K-root server from RIPE NCC, an F-root server from ISC and several country code TLD servers.
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Details
- Rack space in a 19" rack for router and auxiliary equipment
- Rack dimensions 46U: 60 x 90 x 220 cm (width x depth x height)
- Per rack a redundant 230V, 50 Hz, 16A power feed
- No-break system
- Airconditioning
- Overhead fiber cabling system
- Fire protection
- Closed circuit television system
- 24*7 entrance to building with customer-registration
- 24*7 security on site (campus)
- Intelligent hands and feet during regular working hours
- Additional services can be arranged e.g.
- out-of-band management
- cable connections for private peering
- note: connections from the Nikhef housing site to the other Sciencepark-sites, SARA and TeleCity, are managed by SARA and TeleCity respectively (see 'fees and contracts')
Power backup
| Technical data | |
|---|---|
| No break system (APC) | |
| electrical power | 620 kVA |
| time of discharge at full demand | 300 sec. |
| voltage | 400 V (3-phase + neutral) |
| Electrical power shortbreak system | 400 kVA |
| Diesel generator (Stamford/Perkins) | |
| electrical power | 1.320 kVA |
| nominal voltage | 400/231 V |
| frequency | 50 Hz |
| power | 1.600 hp (SAE) |
| oil supply | 12.000 liter (48 hours at full demand) |
| Electrical power transformers (Smit) | 2x 1.000 kVA |
Network
Use our network looking glass to perform IPv4 + IPv6 traceroutes / ping tests from this location!
AMS-IX is the world’s largest internet exchange. There are more than 260 connected parties (peers), more than 60 per cent of whom are foreign ISPs and carriers, who use this infrastructure to exchange IP traffic. In the off-peak hours that still amounts to 85 Gbps. AMS-IX continues to grow at a fast pace. Since it began in the early nineties, its volume of traffic has increased by roughly 10 per cent every month. Eurofiber’s fibre-optic connections provide the successful internet exchange with the required bandwidth and flexibility to be able to respond to this growth.
