Data Center Fundamentals: Understand Data Center Network Design and Infrastructure Architecture, Including Load Balancing, SSL, and Security
- 16h 21m
- Mauricio Arregoces, Maurizio Portolani
- Cisco Press
- 2003
Master the basics of data centers to build server farms that enhance your Web site performance
- Learn design guidelines that show how to deploy server farms in highly available and scalable environments
- Plan site performance capacity with discussions of server farm architectures and their real-life applications to determine your system needs
Today's market demands that businesses have an Internet presence through which they can perform e-commerce and customer support, and establish a presence that can attract and increase their customer base. Underestimated hit ratios, compromised credit card records, perceived slow Web site access, or the infamous "Object Not Found" alerts make the difference between a successful online presence and one that is bound to fail.
These challenges can be solved in part with the use of data center technology. Data centers switch traffic based on information at the Network, Transport, or Application layers. Content switches perform the "best server" selection process to direct users' requests for a specific service to a server in a server farm. The best server selection process takes into account both server load and availability, and the existence and consistency of the requested content.
Data Center Fundamentals helps you understand the basic concepts behind the design and scaling of server farms using data center and content switching technologies. It addresses the principles and concepts needed to take on the most common challenges encountered during planning, implementing, and managing Internet and intranet IP-based server farms. An in-depth analysis of the data center technology with real-life scenarios make Data Center Fundamentals an ideal reference for understanding, planning, and designing Web hosting and e-commerce environments.
About the Authors
Mauricio Arregoces, CCIE No. 3285, is the manager of the Cisco Enterprise Solutions Engineering team on Data Center designs. He has been in the networking industry for 17 years and has been involved in designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale enterprise networks. Mauricio holds a B.S. degree in computer science from the Colombian School of Engineering and a M.S. degree in computer science from California State University at Northridge.
Maurizio Portolani is a network design consultant at Cisco Systems Inc., involved in architecting and validating large-scale Data Center designs.
Maurizio has filed patents on advanced spanning-tree and load-balancing features, and is the author of several Cisco Data Center solution architectures that cover the Layer 2 and Layer 3 design, load balancing, security, DNS, SSL offloading, and integration with application environments.
Maurizio also works closely with various technology teams at Cisco to define and validate new features that enhance Cisco product support for customer system level solutions. Maurizio has designed product features in areas such as spanning-tree, SSL, and HTTP persistence mainly for the Catalyst 6500 family.
In this Book
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Overview of Data Centers
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Server Architecture Overview
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Application Architectures Overview
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Data Center Design Overview
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Data Center Security Overview
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Server Load-Balancing Overview
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IP, TCP, and UDP
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HTTP and Related Concepts
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SSL and TLS
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DNS Essentials and Site-Selection Considerations
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Streaming Protocols Overview
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Layer 2 Protocol Essentials
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Layer 3 Protocol Essentials
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IBM Data Center Technology
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Security Protocols and Technologies
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Load-Balancing Modes and Predictors
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Server Health Management
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Session Tracking and Cookies
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Persistence Mechanisms on Load Balancers
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Designing the Data Center Infrastructure
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Integrating Security into the Infrastructure
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Performance Metrics of Data Center Devices
