Build a scalable, flexible, and highly-available data center

This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Data Center Fundamentals, focuses on three main properties of data center architectures: scalability, flexibility, and high availability.

Data centers are rapidly evolving to accommodate higher expectations for growth, consolidation, and security. Although the traditional Layer 2 and Layer 3 designs have not changed drastically over the last few years, stringent demands for uptime and service availability, coupled with new technology and protocols, make the design efforts more challenging and demanding. This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Data Center Fundamentals, focuses on three main properties of data center architectures: scalability, flexibility, and high availability. The chapter covers the following topics:

• Types of server farms and data centers
• Data center topologies
• Fully redundant Layer 2 and Layer 3 designs
• Fully redundant Layer 2 and Layer 3 designs with services

Title: LAN Switching First-Step
ISBN: 1587050234
Published: December, 2003
Authors: Mauricio Arregoces and Maurizio Portolani
Chapter: Chapter 4: Data Center Design Overview
Published by Cisco Press

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