High Availability Network Fundamentals

Introduction

Modern day networks have become crucial to our pursuit of life and happiness. Police departments, hospitals, businesses, and virtually anything we depend on runs on their networked computer systems. The more we depend on these networked computer systems, the more it affects us when they stop working.

For those of us that are involved in the planning, designing, building, and operation of these networks, the more we depend on the network, the more we need to predict problems in advance. Predicting problems in advance allows us to reduce the impact of these problems. With predictions of network availability, we can make sure our networks are going to service people satisfactorily before we build them.

Goals and Methods

The most important ...