Case Study: OpenDNS achieves continuous, low‑latency global DNS service (50 billion queries/day) with Equinix

OpenDNS - Customer Case Study

OpenDNS is a cloud-based network security company that protects more than 50 million users and processes roughly 50 billion DNS queries per day. To deliver low-latency, always-on DNS and stop malware, phishing and botnets, OpenDNS needed global server distribution, near-100% uptime and resilience against DDoS attacks while keeping infrastructure close to customers.

OpenDNS solved this by hosting key infrastructure in 10 Equinix IBX data centers and peering across Platform Equinix’s global ecosystem (hundreds of carriers and hundreds of BGP sessions), gaining N+1 redundancy, 99.9999% data center reliability, and low-latency cross-connects. The result: highly available, scalable DNS service with near-100% uptime, reduced latency and improved DoS mitigation, supporting enterprise offerings like Umbrella and ongoing global expansion.

OpenDNS

Tim Baur

Senior Director of Infrastructure Engineering