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This section is intended as an introduction to the Network Architecture employed for Whispererpage provides an overview of the Whisperer network architecture. MarketFactory has a presence within the three major financial FX Co-Locations (colos) LD4, NY2 and TY3, the diagram below gives a geographical representation alongside, provides baseline latency figures for packet transit time across the lines:

Points of presence in LD4, TY3 and NY4 shown below:

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between centres:

Image AddedThe Whisperer network architecture aims to be simple by providing a transition point to complete normalisation and any additional functions before messages proceed to the customer infrastructure. 

The diagram below is a very simplified summary of the of the MarketFactory network architecture within a given colo, with further details on the specifics of the network topology available on further down the document.The diagram begins at position (A) with a liquidity message from the venue to the customer via the request.

A typical message flow involves the following path:

A) A liquidity message leaves the Venue.

B) It arrives at the MarketFactory Arista switch within the data centre

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C) It is forwarded to the venue Feed Handler where it is translated to the normalised MFAPI representation.

D) The message then transits to the customer infrastructure.

  at point (D) having been normalised by the API Server.