E-commerce changed that . Now, if people can't reach your site, you lose your reputation and customers. Planning a high-availability network entails more than simply comparing ISPs' uptime promises. You'll need a vendor that can work with your existing infrastructure to create a redundant network. And you'll need a plan to keep the traffic flowing smoothly all the time.
Any downtime is unacceptable.
Such devices are dedicated to ensuring availability of services on the wire at the application level, by monitoring resources and protocols. Your e-commerce infrastructure will likely include devices that can monitor servers and services individually. They'll be able to route incoming traffic to the most appropriate server and, when necessary, make their way around downed servers and services. To determine CheapBooksNStuff's needs, we honed in on issues that any e-business would face. The company is seeking a solution that will fix all its network problems by adding redundancy and scalability, but it's not eager to discard its core equipment.