Junos Enterprise Routing, 2nd Edition

Data Center and Disaster Recovery (DR) Architecture

Data centers that were designed around the 80/20 traffic concept cannot easily handle traffic patterns seen in today’s data center. Traffic between server silos must pass up from the access layer, through the distribution layer, through the core, and back down again. This increased processing affects scalability and latency.

In our next design scenario, the distribution layer adds another set of routers and a firewall into the mix. All in all, the increase in processing contributes to a six-hop path for traffic between the servers in different silos.

The servers and the storage area networks (SANs) in this network are the product for this example enterprise. Without secure, reliable access to these servers and their content, the enterprise can neither function nor make a profit. The current design is based on the concept of nonstop secure computing in order to provide back-office services for area corporations. All services are reached via IPSec VPNs or SSL VPNs. All traffic passes through firewalls as an added protection against unintended users. The enterprise maintains two data centers that are geographically separated and mirror each other, and through the use of virtual services, either site can serve a customer equally well.

Multitier Data Center Design

The data center network design shown in Figure 2-8 is typical for server performance and survivability. All traffic to or from the servers and the SAN is filtered by firewalls ...