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Sofia Core Datacenter 100Gbps Uplink Expansion & BGP Peering

Completed scheduled 100Gbps redundant fiber optic cross-connect activation and BIX.BG traffic peering expansion with 0 packet loss.

Network Operations Center (NOC)Updated: 2026-09-293 min read1,850 views142 found helpful
Tags:#Network#Status#Datacenter#Sofia#BGP

Executive Summary#

On September 29, 2026, the Hostinov Network Engineering Team completed a major core routing expansion at our primary Sofia datacenter facility.

Completed Actions:

  • 100 Gbps Core Trunk: Activated dual redundant Juniper MX-series routers linking our Sofia edge to Frankfurt DE-CIX.
  • Direct Peering: Upgraded BIX.BG (Bulgarian Internet Exchange) direct capacity to 40 Gbps.
  • DDoS Scrubbing Capacity: Expanded automated inline scrubbing threshold to 1.6 Tbps.

Impact on Services#

All shared hosting clusters, Cloud VPS nodes, and Anycast DNS nameservers experienced 0% downtime and zero packet loss during the live hot-swap switchover.

Round-trip latency to Balkan destinations is now reduced by an average of 4.2ms.

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