GLWS · Frankfurt / Germany
Our German location. Treat server location, backup location and data-processing agreements as three separate decisions.
Where it is and who it suits.
LOCATION
Coordinates mark the city centre.
FACILITY
Where your servers in Frankfurt run.
Equinix
A six-storey Equinix facility in Frankfurt’s Gallus district.
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Two things to think through.
Frankfurt provides a German geographic reference for a broader European placement decision. Compare it with Amsterdam, Strasbourg and the locations closest to the intended audience. Named-city geography does not establish a carrier blend, service agreement or guaranteed response time.
Record the current workload and response behaviour before changing location. After a move, use the same test method and keep the previous recovery material available. A controlled comparison makes it easier to distinguish a placement effect from a configuration change.
Distances from Frankfurt to the closest GLWS locations.
France
About 180 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 1.8 ms.
Switzerland
About 300 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 3.0 ms.
Netherlands
About 360 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 3.6 ms.
France
About 480 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 4.8 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, Dubai is about 4,840 km from Frankfurt.
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 Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt run at Equinix FR5, Kleyerstraße 90, 60326 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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.
France / SXB
French users and apps focused on continental Europe.
Switzerland / ZRH
Swiss users and projects that need a Swiss location.
Netherlands / AMS
Apps serving Europe from the Netherlands.