Data Center Study - Notes 01

- reverse proxy caching
- the user of loadbalancers for server health monitoring
- the need for jumbo frames
- the need for NIC features such as interrupt coalescing

Cisco Data Center Network Architecture

The Cisco Data Center Network Architecture includes :

• Network Infrastructure : Gigabit/10Gigabit Ethernet, Infiniband and Fibre Channel switching on Intelligent Server Farm, Server Fabric and Storage Networking platforms and DWDM, SONET and SDH Optical Transport platforms
• Interactive Services : Storage Fabric Services, Compute Services, Security Services, and Application Delivery and Integration Services
• Management Framework : Configuration, Security, Provisioning, Change and Fault Management Services

Reference : Cisco Data Center Network Architecture and Solutions Overview

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