Global, Precise, Secure TaaS on Platform Equinix®
Explore technical specifications and availability for Equinix Precision Time program.
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Product Benefits
Equinix manages and maintains GPS antennas, receivers, grandmaster clocks and time servers, reducing time and cost spent on precise timekeeping
Predictable time synchronisation with PTP accuracy of up to 50 microseconds
Choose between Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and Network Time Protocol (NTP), enable automated provisioning of servers and leverage the Technical Documentation Centre for various methods of cascading time.
Available in all IBX® data centers in North America, Singapore, Korea, Japan and Hong Kong.
See how Equinix Precision Time helps to simplify industry-specific challenges.
Enables high-frequency trading platforms to maintain exceedingly precise time to maintain an ordered sequence of transactions
Online streaming services, programmatic advertising and gaming companies can maintain accuracy by preventing “lip-sync” errors and ensure chronological order of play in multi-player games
A narrow drift offset is needed for distributed transactional apps/DBs, accurate ordering of logs, preventing online attacks (sequence of events)