GLWS · Ashburn / United States
Located in Northern Virginia. Keep your application’s own dependencies in view: an app close to its users can still be held back by a distant database.
Where it is and who it suits.
LOCATION
Coordinates mark the city centre.
FACILITY
Where your servers in Ashburn run.
Equinix
A single-storey Equinix facility in Ashburn, Virginia.
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Two things to think through.
An application with several external services should record where those services are reached from the proposed environment. Ashburn is an eastern US comparison point, but proximity to a city does not establish connectivity to a particular provider or network. Use confirmed routes and representative requests.
A service that depends on several systems needs a clear process when one is unavailable. Record which functions can continue, where logs are retained and how administrators regain access. Keep recovery notes outside the environment they describe.
Distances from Ashburn to the closest GLWS locations.
United States
About 340 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 3.4 ms.
United States
About 350 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 3.5 ms.
Canada
About 540 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 5.4 ms.
Canada
About 790 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 7.9 ms.
Distances are straight-line between city centres. The minimum round trip assumes light in fibre at about 200,000 km a second and a straight cable. Real routes are longer, so always test from your own audience. For a second site that survives a regional outage, Dublin is about 5,460 km from Ashburn.
A nearby server is only one part of your application.
Compare the route from the audience networks you expect to serve. Test real requests, not only a location label.
Count remote APIs, databases, sign-in providers and backup destinations when you plan.
Write down how data is restored and who can do it. A copy in another location only helps if you can recover from it.
Pick a product, then choose Ashburn in the configurator.
KVM virtual servers for websites, applications and development.
Whole machines, with regional options.
Rack space, power and connectivity for your own hardware.
Quick answers before you choose.
Servers in Ashburn run at Equinix DC2, 21715 Filigree Court, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Yes, for any product that offers this location. Your choice is saved with your configuration.
Test response times and throughput from representative audience networks. Include application dependencies and measure during periods relevant to your users.
Compare data handling, resource availability, backup arrangements and the practical process for recovery or on-site work.
Other locations in the same region.
United States / EWR
A second north-eastern US option for regional deployments.
United States / NYC
North-eastern US users and traffic across the Atlantic.
Canada / YYZ
Ontario users and a second Canadian option.