Equinix Precision Time®

Deliver secure, reliable, precision timing synchronisation

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Get the time as a service application that’s global, precise and secure

Save time and deployment costs with Equinix Precision Time built around Precision Time Protocol. It brings precise timing to the management and maintenance of GPS antennas, receivers, grandmaster clocks and time servers for distributed enterprise systems – including high performance timing (NS) – without using Equinix Fabric®.

Solve for strategic use cases

 

Financial services

Enables high-frequency trading platforms to maintain exceedingly precise, secure timing (in the order of ns, single-digit μs) to ensure an ordered sequence of transactions.

Media and entertainment

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.

Enterprise Applications

A narrow drift offset is needed for distributed transactional apps/DBs, accurate ordering of logs, preventing online attacks (sequence of events).

Why Equinix Precision Time

 

Time and cost savings

Equinix manages and maintains GPS antennas timing, receivers, grandmaster clocks and time servers – reducing effort spent on precise timekeeping through PTP network services.

High Accuracy

Predictable time synchronisation with PTP accuracy of up to 50 microseconds.

Product flexibility

Choose between Precision Time Protocol (PTP services) and Network Time Protocol (NTP services), enable automated provisioning of servers and leverage the Technical Documentation Centre for various methods of cascading time.

 

 

Availability

Available in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Brazil via Equinix Fabric.