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Real Private Network

How an RPN (Real Private Network) works

The RPN is a dedicated and private network, connected to the second network interface of your server.

This network provides high performance with very low latency and support of jumbo frames as standard.

You can easily regroup your servers within your private network with a few clicks, regardless of their number or physical location.

The RPN in practice

For reasons of security and performance, many applications require a dedicated private network such as storage technologies or Hadoop clusters.

Your applications can exchange data in a safe way without using the public network adapter, with a very high level of security.

Your servers can safely exchange data, through your network, separated and connected through your second network interface.

Technical solution

Scaleway has deployed its RPN network through a dedicated network service.

That network is fully managed by Scaleway, independent of the public network, and has no interconnection to the Internet.

Discover RPN solutions tailored to your needs

The flexible and powerful network service to interconnect your infrastructure in a secure and private way.

RPNv2 lets you easily set up private cloud architectures and private networks for your company, while guaranteeing enhanced security and optimum confidentiality. With the ability to manage your VLANs, IP addresses, and subnets, you can optimize bandwidth and connections between your various devices and servers. Whether you need a hybrid solution or a secure VPN connection, Scaleway offers a high-performance infrastructure tailored to your needs.

With RPN v2, you can configure public and private groups to segment your services according to your needs. For example, place your web applications in a public group, while your critical databases are secured in a private group with no Internet connection, guaranteeing outstanding network performance and optimized confidentiality management. This flexibility enables you to manage the deployment of private networks securely and efficiently.

Flexible & Powerful

Create private networks to isolate your servers from the world. Use the Scaleway Dedibox control panel or the API to setup your VLANs, IP addresses ranges, subnets, routing tables and network gateways. RPN v2 offers endless possibilities.

Secure

RPN v2 provides pure VLAN isolation via a dedicated physical network interface. Thanks to its fully isolated Layer 2 design, your can securely transfer your data between your resources within the same datacenter or between multiple datacenters.

Multi Datacenter

Your servers from different data centers can belong to the same RPN v2 group with no complicated configuration. That way, you can avoid single point of failure and make sure your services are always up and running.

A full range of high-end services

LinkePing

Do you want to exchange or supply services with another Scaleway Dedibox client ?

Make it easier to administrate and secure a heterogeneous server farm It’s easy with the LinkePing feature!

In a few clicks, choose which servers can connect with yours and exchange data a few minutes later! This is part of the standard service.

RPN-SAN

Limitlessly extend your server’s storage with the RPN-SAN option. This storage solution uses a cloud platform connected to a very high-speed (4x 10Gbit/sec) RPN network.

Available in 1, 5 and 10 TB increments of iSCSI storage, usable directly from your OS or as a virtual disk for your hypervisor, you’ll directly benefit from the advantages of the RPN network, offering performance, confidentiality and security.

RPN-VPN

You already have a corporate network and your own servers ? RPN-VPN is an economical, secure and easy solution to connect your private network with your RPN groups.

Powered by OpenVPN, you can install just in a few minutes your VPN interconnection to expand your network of servers.

Leverage the power of RPNv2 with the RPNv1 compatibility

RPN v2 groups can be interconnected with your existing v1 groups so you can enjoy RPN services & features effortlessly.

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When you choose your dedicated server, it is important to check if private network is RPNv1 or RPNv2 according to your architecture requirements. RPNv2 is the most advanced version for complex infrastructures. RPNv1, as the name indicates, is the first version of private network for Dedibox servers.