Customer Success Story
Psychz Networks Turns Up Services Fast with Automated Global Network
Not all companies have the leadership and culture to be a market disrupter, but Psychz Networks has made innovation its mission. Back in 2001, Psychz Networks was a pioneer in web hosting, and today it delivers bare metal servers, colocation, backup, content delivery, IP transit, and DDoS mitigation. It counts Verizon, Baidu, and XO among its 10,000 customers.
30
Minute order-to-deployment time for bare-metal servers
16
Data centers with scaled global network connecting over 6 Tbps lines
Realized
Cost efficiencies with higher router port densities and lower power consumption
To meet growing demand for services, Psychz recently expanded its global network connecting 16 data centers to 6 Tbps lines. Psychz Networks relies on Juniper networking to deliver exceptional experiences to users anywhere in the world.
“Customer usage is more amplified than ever before,” says William Lu, CEO of Psychz Networks. “Applications need more bandwidth, and we expect that even 100 gig isn’t enough for the future.”
Since migrating to Juniper networking for its global infrastructure, Psychz Networks can turn up computing power, storage, and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings faster than it ever could before.
“Before customers would order and wait one to two weeks for implementation,” Lu says. “With Juniper’s network automation, a customer anywhere in the world can order a bare-metal server from our website, and it’s deployed in 15 to 30 minutes.
Customer response to instant provisioning has been overwhelmingly positive. “Customers don’t like waiting,” Lu says. “They don’t have the patience.”
Psychz Networks uses Juniper’s MX960 and MX240 Universal Routing Platform for its global network. The MX204 Universal Routing Platform is also used for peering.
The MX204, a compact, high-density router with optimized power, keeps operating costs under control. “The density and power usage of MX204 routers have been very helpful in countries like Japan and Singapore where power is expensive,” Lu says.
In Psychz Networks data centers, Juniper’s MX480 Universal Routing Platform provides the foundation for delivering applications and services to customers. The line of Juniper QFX5100 Switches provides aggregation and is deployed in a Virtual Chassis configuration for network resiliency and simplified operations. Juniper’s EX3400 and EX4300 Ethernet Switches are used for distribution.
Rack n’ Stack has been a trusted solution provider to Psychz Networks since the beginning. We were deploying new Juniper equipment really quickly, and Rack n’ Stack took care of everything around procurement,” Lu says. “We were able to stay completely hands off.”
Rack n’ Stack configures and ships Juniper equipment to virtually anywhere customers need. “Every device arrives assembled and configured so all the site has to do is plug it in,” Stolz says. “Our goal is to help our data center customers go to market faster with new services so they can make money.”
Psychz Networks is looking ahead to its next growth phase, including expanding its services in the U.S. and Europe.
“We plan to introduce a new gaming service and continue with our on-demand services that attract new customers,” Lu says. “With Juniper and Rack n’ Stack as our network partners, we can deliver amazing customer experiences and compelling services that will keep our customer base growing.”
An agile global infrastructure lets Psychz Networks pivot as new opportunities emerge. “Having a Juniper network lets us target more niches that need computing power at a moment’s notice,” Lu says. “A Juniper network has been great for business.”
The Products
MX204
The SDN-enabled MX204 Universal Routing Platform provides a modular, automated, carrier-grade solution for service providers and enterprises. The compact platform brings 400 Gbps capacity and a full feature set to space and power constrained environments.
MX480
The SDN-enabled MX480 Universal Routing Platform offers unprecedented scale for service provider and cloud applications, enabling the delivery of advanced business and residential multi-service edge services. The MX480 Universal Routing Platform delivers 7.5 Tbps of system capacity that supports inline MACsec without performance penalties for 10/40/100 GbE interfaces. It is also a carrier-grade platform with extensive automation capabilities.
MX960
The SDN-enabled MX960 Universal Routing Platform is a high performance, carrier-grade, multiservice edge platform with unprecedented scale for service provider and cloud applications. The MX960 enables inline MACsec support without performance penalties on 10, 40 GbE and 100 GbE, and delivers 12 Tbps of system capacity in a 12 slot chassis supporting dense 100 GbE, 400 GbE interfaces. Similar to the other MX Series Universal Router Platforms, the MX960 has extensive carrier-grade capabilities.
QFX5100
The QFX5100 line of top-of-rack 10/40GbE switches for the data center offers low latency, deployment versatility, and rich automation features. These switches provide universal building blocks for industry-standard architectures such as spine-and-leaf fabrics.
Published November 2020