Equinix, the global interconnection and data centre company, powers their IBX SmartView application with DataStax Enterprise (DSE), the always-on data platform. With DSE, IBX SmartView gives users unparalleled visibility into real-time operating data relevant to their Equinix International Business Exchange® (IBX®) data centre footprint. By choosing DataStax, Equinix enables their customers to proactively make decisions through an integrated application, with continued performance and no downtime.
Data centres and cloud environments amass enormous amounts of data from thousands of sensors and create a massive deluge of data themselves. With nearly 185+ global IBX data centres, Equinix was challenged by the complexity of real-time delivery and the inability to scale using its legacy data solution. Viewing this as an opportunity, Equinix set out to partner with a scalable and comprehensive data platform with the ability to deliver real-time operating information to facilitate actionable insight into the critical IBX footprint worldwide.
“Equinix serves all types of users across the globe in 48 markets in 24 countries. It is important to provide our customers who are managing a global footprint, unparalleled transparency and the ability to seamlessly manage their physical infrastructure and proactively plan for changes in their business,” said Brian Lillie, Chief Product Officer, Equinix. “We chose DataStax Enterprise because it offered us the chance to really understand and act on our customers’ needs at every moment.”
Equinix created IBX SmartView to provide users digital visibility into their IBX data centre footprint, streaming data from connected sensors which constantly monitor temperature, humidity, and power utilization readings. DSE’s masterless architecture provides the resiliency and 100 percent continuous availability that Equinix customers demand, even during traffic surges and maintenance windows. At global scale, Equinix expects to process and analyze ~5 million messages per minute for real-time actionable insights.
“DSE delivered exactly what Equinix needed, which was an always-on, scalable data platform to power their applications,” said Karl Van den Bergh, CMO, DataStax. “We’re excited to partner with an enterprise that is getting the value of Apache Cassandra™ and much more with DSE, including industry-leading performance, analytics, graph and search capabilities. With the help of DSE, Equinix is delivering a great experience to their datacenter engineers and operators, and ultimately, their customers.”
