Overview
Per the BATS/Direct Edge Integration Schedule, effective Monday, June 2, 2014, connectivity for the new EDGA/EDGX certification environments located within the Equinix NY5 data center will be available to Members. Physical ports will be made available for basic connectivity and logical ports will be available for heartbeating and functional testing of the BATS technology platform. Using the BATS Member Web Portal forms described below, Members may immediately start ordering physical and logical port connections that will be made available by June 2, 2014.
Latency Equalization within Equinix NY4 and NY5 Data Centers
BATS has engineered equal fiber length and latency for Members within either the NY4 or NY5 data center. When connecting to a BATS market in NY5 from either data center, the fiber between each Member’s data center space to the BATS markets in NY5 will be equidistant as verified through optical testing.
Please note that Members connecting to a BATS market in NY5 from either NY4 or NY5 will be required to utilize a Single Mode Fiber connection. Members with existing physical connections of any type to EDGA/EDGX within NY4 will be supported through the integration, but will have higher latency than any new connections regardless of proximity to the EDGA/EDGX data center space in NY4. In order to receive equal latency, Members with existing physical connections within NY4 will need to establish new connections to EDGA/EDGX.
Ordering Physical and Logical Port Connections for NY5
To order new physical and logical port connections to BATS in NY5, Members must use a new web form located within the BATS Member Web Portal. Links to the respective form are found in the menu as shown below. Note that only Members with BATS Member Web Portal access that are designated by their firm to have access for requesting new ports will be able to utilize this form. Access to the BATS Member Web Portal can be obtained by contacting the BATS Trade Desk.
Each form will provide all the information required for the BATS Trade Desk or NOC to complete your request.
Once a request form has been submitted, a ticket will be generated and worked by the BATS Trade Desk for logical port requests and by the BATS NOC for physical port requests.
Port Fees
BATS will not be assessing physical or logical connectivity fees for Member connections into the new environments being deployed in NY5 until the respective markets’ production environments have been decommissioned in their existing data center and are fully functional within NY5
Port fees for existing production platforms can be found within the Fee Schedules on the public web sites: