[57465] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: dual router vs. single "reliable" router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Provo)
Thu Apr 10 18:03:06 2003
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:02:26 -0400
From: Joe Provo <nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net>
To: Natty Amalgamated Networkers' Opinionated Gabbing <nanog@merit.edu>
Reply-To: nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net
In-Reply-To: <20030410214308.GA58355@gweep.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 11:59:25AM -0500, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
[snip]
> There are several networks out there using Cisco devices to achieve
> over six 9's availability, and the way they do that is by extensive
> procedure review and rigorous software testing.
[snip]
Tear this page out of the notebook and highlight it. Even a small shop
that "can't afford" a testbed or lab can dramatically reduce problems
with formal procedures borrowed from software engineering.
Joe
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