Google Cloud Interconnect provides dedicated or partner-managed private connectivity to Google Cloud — delivering the consistent bandwidth and predictable performance that enterprise workloads on GCP, BigQuery, and Google Workspace demand.
RLM advises on Dedicated Interconnect vs. Partner Interconnect selection, capacity planning, VLAN attachment design, and redundancy architecture — ensuring your GCP connectivity is correctly sized and resilient.
A structured advisory process — from discovery and market evaluation to negotiation and post-deployment optimization — tailored to your specific environment and objectives.
We analyze GCP-bound traffic volumes, latency requirements, and data transfer costs to build the business case for dedicated connectivity and determine the appropriate capacity.
We evaluate Dedicated Interconnect (10G/100G colocation) vs. Partner Interconnect (various speeds via Google partners) based on your colocation presence, geographic requirements, and volume.
We design the VLAN attachment configuration, BGP session parameters, and Cloud Router policies that connect your on-premises network to GCP VPCs securely and efficiently.
We design the redundancy architecture — dual attachments, dual metropolitan areas, and the GCP-side failover configuration — to meet your availability requirements.
These are the dimensions that consistently separate successful deployments from costly ones — and the questions RLM will help you answer before any commitment.
Dedicated Interconnect requires colocation at a Google-supported facility; Partner Interconnect works through Google's partner network. Evaluate based on your existing infrastructure footprint.
Interconnect capacity must accommodate peak workloads including BigQuery export, large-scale data ingestion, and burst VM traffic. Evaluate capacity against your peak demand, not averages.
Each VLAN attachment connects to one VPC. Multi-VPC architectures require multiple attachments or Shared VPC design. Evaluate attachment count and cost against your GCP network topology.
99.9% SLA requires two VLAN attachments in one metro; 99.99% requires attachments in two separate metros. Evaluate the redundancy level required for your GCP workload criticality.
GCP charges lower egress rates over Interconnect vs. internet. Quantify expected savings based on your actual egress volumes — often the primary financial justification.
High-volume BigQuery result sets and large-scale data transfers to on-premises benefit significantly from dedicated bandwidth. Evaluate connectivity requirements for your specific analytics workloads.
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