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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Equinix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Chinmay Ashok Deshpande, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kaladhar Voruganti, San Jose, CA (US);
Equinix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
In one example, a method includes receiving, by a programmable network platform (PNP), a data transfer order for data from a first customer network located in a first data center to a second customer network located in a second data center; provisioning, by the PNP, a first interconnection from the first customer network to a first data transfer station of the first data center; notifying, by the PNP, the first customer network to send the data to the first data transfer station; directing, by the PNP, a transport vehicle to transport the data from the first data transfer station to a second data transfer station of the second data center; provisioning, by the PNP, a second interconnection from the second data transfer station to the second customer network; and notifying, by the PNP, the second customer network of the readiness of the data at the second data transfer station.