Start with normal traffic
Measure peak traffic that will pass through the security service and over the interconnect.
Think about incidents
During an attack, the provider filters malicious traffic, but legitimate traffic patterns may also change — for example, users retrying failed requests. Leave headroom.
Redundancy and failover
With two interconnects, each should ideally be able to carry the full load if the other fails.
Monitor
Track utilisation on each interconnect and review capacity quarterly.
Upgrade path
With Peer1IX, interconnect capacity can grow with your port and service configuration.
