August 2000
Intermediate to advanced
896 pages
28h 17m
English

Because networks increase the number of interdependencies among machines, they tend to magnify problems. As the saying goes, “Networking is when you can’t get any work done because of the failure of a machine you have never even heard of.”
Network management is the art and science of keeping a network healthy. It generally includes the following tasks:
• Fault detection for networks, gateways, and critical servers
• Schemes for notifying an administrator of problems
• General monitoring, to balance load and plan expansion
• Documentation and visualization of the network
• Administration of network ...
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