{"id":160282,"date":"2016-04-13T14:58:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T12:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=160282"},"modified":"2016-04-13T14:59:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T12:59:09","slug":"hetzner-becoming-vendor-neutral-data-centre-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cloud-hosting\/160282-hetzner-becoming-vendor-neutral-data-centre-champion.html","title":{"rendered":"Hetzner becoming vendor-neutral data centre champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hetzner recently became the second host of the Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX)<\/a><\/strong>, complementing the INX-ZA\u2019s JINX node in Rosebank.<\/p>\n

The partnership between INX-ZA and Hetzner means the reach of JINX is extended to Hetzner’s vendor-neutral and fully-redundant data centre in Gauteng.<\/p>\n

The extension of JINX makes it easy for network operators, which already have a presence at JINX in Rosebank, to peer with networks at other locations where JINX has a presence.<\/p>\n

Hetzner\u2019s Data Centre Park is located close to major fibre routes and telecoms infrastructure, enabling easier interconnects, lower latencies, and better performance.<\/p>\n

Hetzner\u2019s customers will benefit from the new JINX node, which positions the hosting provider as a vendor-neutral data centre champion.<\/p>\n

The company said\u00a0JINX eliminates the need to route all traffic through expensive and often long-distance links, leading to cost savings.<\/p>\n

\u201cNetwork operators also benefit from these lower costs, resulting in more affordable bandwidth,\u201d said Hetzner.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur data centre is 100% carrier-neutral, providing customers the freedom of choice of a wide range of network operators they can use.”<\/p>\n

Hetzner’s open peering policy<\/h3>\n

Hetzner said it has an open peering policy, and invited all network providers to peer with it\u00a0at JINX.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always been a big supporter of open peering with other network operators as it leads to substantial cost savings for our customers.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also actively seek peering partnerships with network operators that do not peer openly.”<\/p>\n

Lower costs through simple products<\/h3>\n

Hetzner said it has identified an opportunity in the South African market to simplify products and lower the barrier to entry of colocation services.<\/p>\n

\u201cHetzner offers a hassle-free, same-day colocation setup that compares favourably with traditional Tier 3 data centres,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Its colocation products are available on a month-to-month basis, with no additional setup costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cCustomers plug in their server at our Samrand Data Centre Park, and they\u2019re ready to go.”<\/p>\n

Hetzner has also introduced a “pay as you use” model for electricity, where its customers are billed for\u00a0kilowatt hours consumed per rack.<\/p>\n

More on Hetzner<\/h3>\n

Johannesburg Internet Exchange goes multisite<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hetzner partners with DFA to offer greater ISP choice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

OneDayOnly and Hetzner join forces<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hetzner is the second host of the Johannesburg Internet Exchange, and is becoming a vendor-neutral data centre champion with affordable and simple colocation products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":143803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[35,1065,36356],"class_list":["post-160282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-hosting","tag-headline","tag-hetzner","tag-vendor-neutral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160282"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160430,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160282\/revisions\/160430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}