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Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange
Full nameDeutscher Commercial Internet Exchange
AbbreviationDE-CIX
Founded1995
LocationFrankfurt, Germany
Websitewww.de-cix.net
Members502
Ports710
Peers487
Peak2513.80 Gbit/s
Daily (avg.)1369.7 Gbit/s

Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange (German commercial internet exchange) (DE-CIX) is an Internet Exchange Point situated in Frankfurt (Germany). It is the largest exchange point worldwide in terms of peak traffic with a maximum throughput of more than 2.5 terabit per second [1]

DE-CIX has been founded in 1995 and operates nine Force10 TeraScale E1200 switches and serves various locations in Frankfurt. Seven switches act as edge switches that support 1GE and 10GE customer connections and two switches are used for the redundant core infrastructure.

A switch rack at the DE-CIX

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