Attending the demands of market participants and in continuity with the continuous process of improving the service to our customers, we have created the B3 Colocation Services - Frequently Asked Questions. It is a complete material, result of the contribution of several areas of B3, which provides transparency for issues ranging from the capacity of B3's Data Center, to latency and the path between the servers and the negotiation center.
B3’s data center is located at Santana do Parnaíba, São Paulo and offers a state-of-the-art facility to B3 contractors, in addition to ultra-low latency connectivity to the PUMA electronic trading platform, both for order entry and Market Data.
The address of the data center is R. Ricardo Prudente de Aquino, 85 - Santana de Parnaíba/SP, CEP 06543-004.
The data center has a Tier III certificate, provided by the Uptime Institute and a Leed Sustainability certificate. The B3 data center has a 99.98% redundancy capacity and a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week security infrastructure, with operational centers and qualified technicians for on-site support
The environment has 24-hour security, with controlled physical access; Access is controlled by two-factor authentication with a biometric system and badge and has video monitoring; To access any area of ¿¿the data center, the contractor must schedule the visit in advance by emailing [email protected], providing full name, the environment that will be accessed and the activity that will be performed.
Yes, the entire data center is supported by generators in the N+1 configuration ready for at least 72 hours of uninterrupted operation, in accordance with TIER III certification.
Currently 10 MW, with the possibility of increasing if necessary. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
B3 co-location services enable contractors to fully host their technological infrastructure, being able to use it not only to access B3's electronic platforms but also the services and technological platforms of other contractors through interconnections (cross connections), reducing considerably the total cost of service contractors.
The details of the services available, according to the contractor's profile, and the price list can be found in the Commercial Policy for co-location services.
Yes, contractors have at their disposal local technical support (smart hands) for operationalizing the access of their equipment to B3 platforms. Contractors for B3 co-location services (see details of each profile described in the Commercial Policy) are automatically granted a 10-hour monthly allowance for Smart Hands services, regardless of the number of accommodation units contracted.
Monitoring of contractors and / or suppliers: monitoring performed at the contractor's rack with a specialized B3 professional;
Electrical activation of the rack: B3 offers the service of electrical activation of the rack for Participants, Customers, Managed Service Provider Solution Providers and Connectivity Providers;
Equipment installation: B3 provides specialized technicians to install equipment within the co-location environment during business hours;
Cabling: B3 offers the cabling service in the co-location racks, such as:
Interconnection of equipment internal to the rack;
Interconnection of the rack to the data center (activation of the contractor);
Cable routing (copper and fiber).
Uninstall and move equipment;
Equipment inventory;
Support in the assembly of equipment in the staging area;
Transport of equipment for activation in the co-location area;
Reception of equipment from contractors;
Visual check of the rack;
Equipment reset;
Guidance to the contractor on the equipment;
Release of physical access to the co-location and staging area; and
Energizing the Trading Rack and Web Rack for Participants and Clients.
B3 offers 2 PUMA cross connections per rack (see details of each contracting profile described in the Commercial Policy). However, yes, it is possible to increase the number of connections with PUMA.
The value of additional connections is described in the price table of our Commercial Policy.
B3 does not establish any limit on the number of cross-connections to the PUMA network. However, we maintain the right to establish a maximum number if a large number of connections may be causing damage to our platforms or preventing other customers from contracting for the same service.
The B3 racks have 42 Us, divided according to the contracted service, that is, ½ trading rack in two modules of 21 Us each, or in four modules of 10 Us each, with independent accesses. The dimensions are as follows:
|
Dimensions |
High Density – ½ rack |
Standard – ½ rack |
Standard – ¼ |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Height |
108,5 cm |
99 cm |
51 cm |
|
Width |
59 cm |
59 cm |
59 cm |
|
Depth |
118 cm |
118 cm |
118 cm |
|
Rack units available |
23 RU |
21 RU |
10 RU |
Considering the standard rack units negotiated, 12 sockets (contingent) are available per ½ rack and 36 sockets for a full rack, in the NBR 5410 standard, not remotely manageable. Regarding the High Density Rack, considering the greater energy capacity of the racks, 23 sockets (contingent) will be available per ½ rack and 46 sockets per full rack, also in the NBR 5410 standard, not remotely manageable. The contractor may choose to install manageable strips inside the rented rack (after technical approval of the equipment). In this case, the contractor must provide the strips themselves.
All connections in the Co-location environment are standardized and have equidistant cabling according to the contracted connection team. More details about cabling can be found in the Co-location commercial policy in the “Cross Connect” section.
The network used in the co-location service is physically installed in the same infrastructure (same data center) as the technological components of the PUMA Trading System trading platform, responsible for routing orders to buy and sell assets and derivatives from contractors to the trading platform. There are currently 9 engines for Shares and 6 engines for Derivatives.
Within the B3 infrastructure, latency at the network level is the same for everyone within the same modality, since client connections to B3 are made on the same equipment. This includes trading rack, High Density Trading Rack, web rack and High Density Web Rack. Although the modalities have the same standards, the web modality will go through a security layer, which will result in greater latency.
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From |
Protocol |
TO |
Application |
Trafic |
Hops |
Network Latency (µs) |
RTT (µs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Trading Rack |
TCP |
Gateway |
order entry |
tcp |
4 |
11 |
22 |
|
RCB Edge |
TCP |
Gateway |
order entry |
tcp |
4 |
25,5 |
51 |
|
Web Rack |
TCP |
Gateway |
order entry |
tcp |
7 |
42,7 |
85,4 |
|
Web Rack + Trading Rack |
TCP |
Gateway |
order entry |
tcp |
8 |
42,7 + latência do sw neg cliente |
85,4 + 2x a latência do sw neg cliente |
|
Web MSP Rack |
TCP |
Gateway |
order entry |
tcp |
8 |
57,57 + latência do sw_psg_cliente |
115,14 + 2x a latência do sw_psg_cliente |
|
Fix Adapter |
UDP |
Trading rack |
market data |
udp |
4 |
25,5 |
- |
|
Fix Adapter |
UDP |
RCB edge |
market data |
udp |
5 |
25,87 |
- |
|
Fix Adapter |
UDP |
Web rack |
market data |
udp |
7 |
111 |
- |
|
Fix Adapter |
UDP |
Web rack + Trading rack |
market data |
udp |
8 |
111 + latência do sw_neg_cliente |
- |
In all the cases it is taking in consideration only the network elements. It is not considered added latency of servers or application.
B3 follows the international standard ASHRAE TC 9.9, where the limits are: Temperature from 18 to 27°C and Humidity from 30% to 60% RH.
Refrigerated air is blown through enclosed cold aisles, using perforated insufflation plates in the floor. The air is returned from the external environment to the enclosed aisles (hot aisles) through grilles in the ceiling. For the High-Density rack environment, we have the “in-row” air solution.
The temperature and humidity of the environment are monitored by sensors installed on the doors of some of the environment's hosting units, located in the cold corridors, 1.5 meters above the floor.
The connection of the electrical circuits in the Colocation is of the type 2 (two) Phase cables, plus 1 (one) Ground cable (2F+T).
The voltage of the electrical circuits in the Colocation follows a normal window for equipment, which is 200 to 240 Volts in alternating current (200 to 240Vac).
Yes, all hosting units are served by redundant electrical circuits, which are supplied by UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplies) systems that are also redundant.
Yes, but for the safety of the environment, B3 recommends that you use approved power strips (Consult the Co-location team to receive the list of approved power strips). This will make the change faster. You can also request approval for a new manufacturer and model of power strip. For this process, the B3 technical team will request some documents to guide the approval process and a deadline for analysis.
Each hosting unit has the following maximum capacities: Web – up to 1,500 Watts, Standard – up to 3,000 Watts and High Density – up to 7,500 Watts. These capacities are supported by the environment's redundant infrastructure systems (Electrical and Air Conditioning), thus, the environment will be guaranteed even under the adverse conditions projected. Exceeding these limits can cause imbalances in the environment and affect both your hosting units and others, leading to failures in these units or even in the environment.
B3's Data Center has an extremely advanced monitoring system that captures this data from the electrical panels that power the hosting units and presents this data on an integrated platform, which is monitored 24 hours a day. If the supported load limit is exceeded, the operations team informs the Colocation support team, which will work with the client to define actions that will reduce the load on the hosting unit and the deadlines for taking these actions.
The load taken into consideration to define the final load of a hosting unit is the average load of the hosting unit during the market production hours, which includes the period between Monday and Friday (except market holidays) between 10 am and 7 pm. Despite this, the capacity of the electrical circuits is another important limiting factor and if the circuit limits are exceeded, the operations team will also inform the Colocation support team so that they can take urgent action with the customers to regularize the situation.
The co-location client connects to B3 in two main ways:
The list of telecommunications operators accredited by B3 to contract dedicated links and RCB can be found on our website, in the providers menu.
For clients in co-location to access the B3 trading environment, it is not necessary to contract an RCB link. Within the Co-location, access to post-trading can be done through an RCB cross connection, available in our Commercial Policy.
In general, everything related to trading can be transmitted in the co-location environment. Post-trading traffic must follow another access path.
The next network setup update is scheduled to take place in the 2nd (second) half of 2025. For more details on the change, contact the Co-location team. .
Once contracted, B3 provides a configuration manual with all the procedures and addresses to configure the VPN. All that is needed is the client's public IP (Peer) to perform the configuration.
Yes, the network topology within the rack is at the client's discretion.
Yes, the choice of operators is at the client's discretion.
It is possible to use an L3 Switch, you just need to make sure that the BGP feature is included in the Switch.
At the time of contracting, B3 will provide a range of private IPs that must be configured in the Web Rack. This way, standard connectivity will already be released.