If you’re sending traffic over the Internet, it’s getting to the proper destination because of something it learned through BGP. But BGP gives you so much more flexibility than just being a simple routing protocol. Pete Welcher takes a look at how to use BGP to engineer traffic flows to your advantage.
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Design: Is It One Site or Two?
Building two separate data centers for reliability makes all the sense in the world. But what happens when they start behaving like one data center? Dr. Peter Welcher has some thoughts on the subject and some things you definitely want to watch out for.
Why Containers?
Need to know where to start with containers? Dr. Peter Welcher has a great overview that you definitely want to read through! Even if you’re already familiar with containers you want to make sure you catch up on his great perspective.
A Critique of Network Coding and Automation
Network code and automation are taking over a lot of enterprise networking. While these concepts are starting to fundamentally change networking, their shortcomings are often underreported. Pete Welcher does a great job reviewing the current issues surrounding these important concepts.
Router vs. Switch
Not sure if you know if a switch or a router is the appropriate device for your particular networking needs? You’re not alone. Between feature rich switches, fast-enough routers, NFV, and SD-WAN it can be tough to determine which is the best for your situation, even when you know all your requirements. From Pete Welcher’s […]