Network Advantages Extreme Network The DataHive DSA IP network features dedicated, redundant backbone network that connects the data centre using multiple high-speed lines. The DataHive Network virtually eliminates the risk of a single point of failure. Within the data centre, DataHive has implemented a LAN architecture that scales to meet, and usually exceed, customers' demand for bandwidth requirements. In fact, the DataHive architecture scales in anticipation of customer demand by employing powerful routers that run at gigabit speeds. Connectivity DataHive utilizes connections to multiple backbones to ensure that data reaches the end-user in the fastest, most efficient manner possible. The connecting trunks are a combination of Fibre Optic, Copper and Laser line-of-sight connections. These services are a mixture of Layer 1 to Layer 3. BGP4 Network Diversity Routing Border Gateway Protocol is the inter-domain routing protocol designed for the global Internet. DataHive runs the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP4) for best case routing. The BGP4 protocol is a standard that allows for the routing of packets of information sent out from the DataHive network. Each packet of information is evaluated and sent over the best route possible. Because of our redundant network architecture, packets may be sent via alternative routes even if they are being delivered to the same end user. Should one of our providers fail, packets leaving our network are automatically redirected through another route via a different provider. Guaranteed Packet Delivery DataHive pays our transit IP providers to make sure that packets of information are delivered to the end users. This offers significant advantages over simply peering with the major backbones. Peering agreements rarely include Service Level Agreements (SLA's) so no one is accountable for lost packets at congested exchange points. Because DataHive actually has SLA's with all our transit IP providers we are able to guarantee that all packets will leave our network at full speed.