Financial Data-Center Connectivity

Direct answer

Financial data-center connectivity interconnects trading firms, exchanges, market-data sources, counterparties, clouds and colocation facilities through routes designed for latency, capacity, diversity and support.

Specify the New Jersey building

“New Jersey connectivity” may mean ICE’s Mahwah data center, Nasdaq at Equinix NY11 in Carteret, or NY4 and NY5 in Secaucus. NY4 and NY5 are separate facilities, with different primary venues and access points. Name the exact building, suite, cross connect, traffic type and redundancy objective; see the NJ equities triangle facility map.

Map every dependency

Identify trading platforms, market-data sources, risk systems, clouds, counterparties and recovery sites. The connectivity plan should show how each application reaches its required endpoint.

Select the appropriate transport

Cross connects, Ethernet, wavelengths, dark fiber, specialized wireless and Internet-based access can serve different parts of the architecture. Match each to performance and operating requirements.

Design recovery paths

Backup routes should avoid the likely failure points of primary services and support tested application failover. Document shared facilities, conduit, equipment and power.