To view a PDF version of this article, click here. High-availability routing systems are a growing requirement, particularly at the network edge where circuits are terminated and rerouting around a ...

Storage expectations in high profile or mission-critical environments command continuous and uncompromised performance with at least 99% uptime (i.e., less than 1% downtime) irrespective of all the ...

Part 1 of this article explored several of the design aspects important to improving router availability, or the percentage of time a router is actually processing and forwarding packets. As noted, a ...