The Influence of Network on Availability
In the beginning of this book we explained what availability means for the servers and storage devices for a mission-critical system like SAP. Various methods of making these systems more available for an interruption-free business operation were presented, along with some recommendations. However, availability is not an issue restricted to the data center. The connections to the computing power provided by the data center must also be reliable and highly available to the users, even those in more remote locations.
To cite an example of the importance of network availability, if the complete sales department loses connectivity to the SAP system because of damage to a simple network cable, no orders can ...
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