[57442] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dual node vs "Reliable IP" Architecture
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter E. Fry)
Thu Apr 10 11:42:08 2003
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:41:43 -0500
From: "Peter E. Fry" <pfry@swbell.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Brandon Ross wrote:
> I've always found that these types of papers and products always miss one
> big area of failure, at least in my experience. What happens when the
> highly redundant device is skewered by a fork lift? Yes, I've had this
> happen. At least if you have a dual router config, and separate those
> routers physically, you have a chance of surviving such problems.
Apparently your skeweree was insufficiently armored -- an obvious
design flaw.
Where do you draw the line? Probability trees aside, you design your
system and take your chances.
Peter E. Fry
