Build a bare metal server with your choice of processor(s), hard drive configuration, RAM, port speed, and more.
Select the cores, storage, and RAM you need in your virtual server, and we'll deploy it in 5 to 15 minutes.
Scale your storage infrastructure on demand while controlling your costs with SoftLayer object storage.
Simplify, secure, and speed up data transfer between your private infrastructure and your SoftLayer services. Or create a new hybrid solution that leverages the best of your in-house resources and the SoftLayer platform.
Plug into SoftLayer’s private network with a Direct Link via a Network Service Provider, Cloud Exchange Provider, or Colocation Provider and enjoy unparalleled network performance to and from your SoftLayer infrastructure.
SoftLayer network engineers will work with you and your network service provider, cloud exchange provider, or colocation provider to cross-connect your router to ours, and we'll enable a private and secure 1Gbps or 10Gbps connection to your SoftLayer servers across the private network.
With this connection, you’ll have unfettered access to your servers on the SoftLayer platform. And because you’re connected to our private network, all traffic across your Direct Link and between your servers does not touch the public network or interfere with your public network traffic.
To order a Direct Link, navigate to the “Network” tab in the customer portal and select the “Direct Link” option. You’ll answer a few simple questions about the requested connection, and our sales team will respond with the technical details you need to know.
Resolve IP conflicts and get more control over your SoftLayer bare metal and virtual servers with custom private addressing for new, qualified Direct Link customers.
Create a single-cloud fiber cross-connection via a Network Service Provider (NSP) in a SoftLayer network point of presence (PoP). This Direct Link option engages an NSP to run last-mile links directly between a router on your network and a SoftLayer router. SoftLayer network engineers facilitate end-to-end connectivity with the NSP, and you have access to your SoftLayer infrastructure in the local SoftLayer data center. To expand your Direct Link connectivity to enable private network traffic to all SoftLayer locations, you can opt to add global routing to your Direct Link.
Engage a service provider to run last-mile links to a SoftLayer cloud exchange provider, and SoftLayer network engineers establish virtual cross-connects for you via the exchange provider. With this Direct Link, you have access to your SoftLayer infrastructure in the local SoftLayer data center, and you have the option to add global routing to expand your Direct Link connectivity to enable private network traffic to all SoftLayer locations. This Direct Link option is perfect for multi-cloud connectivity in a single environment.
If your gear is already installed in a Colocation Provider's facility near or adjacent to a SoftLayer data center, our network engineers will work with you and the colocation provider to facilitate end-to-end connectivity between your hardware and your SoftLayer infrastructure. Direct Link Colocation provides fast, secure, and uninterrupted access from your owned hardware to your SoftLayer infrastructure in the local SoftLayer data center, and if you want to expand your Direct Link's network footprint, you have the option to add global routing and enable private network traffic between all SoftLayer locations. To take advantage of Direct Link Colocation in a new data center, the SoftLayer team can arrange the acquisition of Colocation Cabinet space near or adjacent to a Direct Link Colocation facility.
Direct Link is available in 1Gbps and 10Gbps port speeds on three types of circuits. Direct Links come standard with Local Routing, and Global Routing is available on all circuits for a flat monthly fee.
The connectivity of your Direct Link NSP, Direct Link Cloud Exchange, or Direct Link Colocation circuit can be upgraded with Global Routing to all SoftLayer data centers around the world for a flat monthly fee. Reference the table below for included ingress and egress data transfer available with Local and Global Routing.
To order a Direct Link, navigate to the “Network” tab in the customer portal and select the “Direct Link” option. You’ll answer a few simple questions about the requested connection, and our sales team will respond with the technical details you need to know.
