Seconds to Success: Capitalizing on a Private, Secure Connection to Your Most Critical Assets

In today’s world, speed is vital, and the most critical metrics are measured per second. How quickly can you recover from a backup failure? If your secondary location has a power outage, how quickly can you restore and continue business as usual? During disaster recovery, a strong internet connection is all that stands between your business and its data.  

Consistent and reliable data impacts your bottom line, driving insights that allow you to forecast and make crucial decisions. Network bandwidth is often out of your control. The Information Superhighway gets jammed with traffic and slows to a crawl at certain times of day, just like any Interstate at rush hour. If you were the only driver on the road, you’d get where you were going in no time. The same is true of the Internet. Wasted seconds stuck in traffic have implications that reverberate across your business.  

Understanding public vs. private connections 

Several considerations are involved when choosing between a private and a public internet connection when transferring cloud data.  

A public connection can be sufficient for cloud data transfers, especially when bandwidth requirements are low, security measures are robust, and the cost-effectiveness of the public network outweighs the need for a private connection. We help many of our customers access their data via a public connection. 

Some organizations face additional security requirements and benefit from using a private connection. Private connections offer enhanced security, reliability, speed, control, compliance adherence, and potential long-term cost savings compared to public networks when transferring cloud data. They are ideal for businesses and organizations handling highly sensitive or critical data. 

Enter the fast lane 

We make it easy to utilize a private connection to and from Wasabi with Wasabi Direct Connect, which securely transfers data speeds: N X 1, 10, or at our new 100 Gbps speed.   

Whether you’re migrating a data-heavy workload one time or ensuring system data is maintained for full restore, the quickest and most reliable path from your data center to your cloud storage region is a direct one.    

Organizations with  large amounts of data to migrate  find that shared internet speeds vary with location or time of day. Unlike public internet access, Wasabi Direct Connect bandwidth belongs only to you and remains consistent for your traffic, removing network contention common in shared internet connections.

With our point-to-point direct connections that avoid exposure to the public internet, you also reduce your exposure to potential attacks and enhance overall network security.  

Regardless of the connection type you choose, our enterprise-grade encryption is baked into all our storage offerings to ensure data is always secure in transit and at rest. 

Types of direct connections 

Our direct connection service allows organizations of all sizes to unlock more significant growth potential while keeping storage instantly accessible.  

Explore three ways you can tap into a private Wasabi connection: 

Wasabi Dedicated Direct Connect   

By converging your data directly into  one of Wasabi’s 13 worldwide storage regions, you're removing intermediaries and ensuring the most streamlined and efficient connection to Wasabi.  

Wasabi’s new 100 Gbps connection is offered exclusively in the Dedicated Wasabi Direct Connect. This is an ideal speed for large enterprises or managed service providers with worldwide data service needs.     

Wasabi Hosted Direct Connect  

Hosted Direct Connect allows a connection between your data center or colocation facility and one of our preferred networking partners—Equinix, Megaport, or Flexential—into Wasabi storage region. Wasabi also supports direct connect services that allow customers to connect their cloud provider’s service to Wasabi, given that they are an S3-compatible service. The provider will manage the connection by creating a direct connection from one of their own data centers directly to Wasabi. This remains a good option for those with existing relationships with the vendors mentioned above.   

Wasabi Interconnect  

Wasabi Interconnect connects third-party vendors or on-prem data center locations directly to Wasabi. Interconnect is a good option for customers who do not need a dedicated connection directly to Wasabi but are seeking better bandwidth and connectivity relative to the public internet.  

Wasabi recently announced a new partnership with PCCW Console Connect Interconnect Services. Console Connect customers can order, change, and manage network connections in real-time with point-and-click provisioning through an intuitive, easy-to-use management portal or integrate via API. Learn more about this solution on our  partner page.   

Stop sitting in traffic 

Mere minutes of standstill can present catastrophic challenges for your business. Exploring private connection options for your cloud data transfer use case can alleviate many of the challenges and unknowns. With high bandwidth speeds, low latency, and the additional security of a private connection, Wasabi Direct Connect presents peace of mind for uninterrupted hot cloud storage.    

Learn more about how Wasabi Direct Connect can provide better bandwidth and advanced security for your organization through our  data sheet.