Case Study: Options achieves sub‑millisecond latency and eliminates packet loss for 200+ financial firms with Arista Networks

Options selects Arista to deliver ultra-low latency access to a diverse range of order execution and broker services for over 200 financial services firms

Options is a global financial technology managed services provider that supports over 200 investment firms, moving more than 400 TB of data daily and giving clients ultra‑low latency access to exchanges and broker services worldwide. Facing growing traffic, packet loss and rising latency on end‑of‑life switching platforms, Options needed a faster, more reliable network to support high‑frequency trading and other latency‑sensitive services.

Options replaced legacy kit with Arista switches (7150 and 7280 family) and the Arista EOS platform, and deployed tools like LANZ and CloudVision for visibility and automation. The migration cut latency from double‑digit milliseconds to below 0.5 ms on key links (and drastically reduced round‑trip times), eliminated packet loss with deep‑buffer placement, consolidated racks from 15U to 2U to lower power and space costs, and delivered better performance insight for strategic capacity planning.

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Aaron White

Global Head of Networks