{"id":7353,"date":"2013-05-10T15:03:08","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T15:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journeytothecloud.com\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2013-05-10T15:03:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T15:03:08","slug":"huh-whats-the-network-have-to-do-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/huh-whats-the-network-have-to-do-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Huh? What\u2019s the Network Have to Do with It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Nate Schnable, Sr. Solutions Architect<\/p>\n

Having been in this field for 17 years it still amazes me that people always tend to forget about the network.\u00a0 Everything a user accesses on their device that isn’t installed or stored locally, depends on the network more than any other element of the environment. \u00a0\u00a0It’s responsible for the quick and reliable transport of data. That means the user experience while working with remote files and applications, almost completely depends on the network<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, this isn\u2019t always obvious to everyone.\u00a0 Therefore, they will rarely ask for network related services as they aren\u2019t aware the network is the cause of their problems.\u00a0 Whether it is a storage, compute, virtualization<\/a> or IP Telephony<\/a> initiative \u2013 all of these types of projects rely heavily on the network to function properly.\u00a0 In fact, the network is the only<\/b> element of a customer\u2019s environment that touches every<\/b> other component. Its stability can make or break the success and all important user experience.<\/p>\n

In a VoIP initiative we have to consider, amongst many things, that proper QoS policies be setup \u2013 \u00a0so let\u2019s hope you are not running on some dumb hubs.\u00a0 Power over Ethernet (PoE) for the phones should be available unless you want to use bricks of some type of mid-span device (yuck).\u00a0 I used to work for a Fortune 50 Insurance Company and one day an employee decided to plug both of the ports on their phone into the network because it would make the experience even better \u2013 not so much.\u00a0 They brought down that whole environment.\u00a0 Made some changes after that to avoid that happening again!<\/p>\n

In a Disaster Recovery<\/a> project we have to take a look at distances and subsequent latencies between locations.\u00a0 What is the bandwidth<\/a> and how much data do you need to back up?\u00a0\u00a0 Do we have Layer 2 handoffs between sites or is it more of a traditional L3 site to site connection?<\/p>\n

If we are implementing a new iSCSI SAN do we need ten gig or one gig?\u00a0 Do your switches support Jumbo Frames and flow control?\u00a0 Hope that your iSCSI switches are truly stackable because spanning-tree could cause some of those paths to be redundant, but not active.<\/p>\n

I was reading the other day that the sales of smart phones and tablets<\/a> would reach approximately 1.2 billiion in 2013.\u00a0 Some of these will most certainly end up on your wireless networks.\u00a0 How to manage that is definitely a topic for another day.<\/p>\n

In the end it just makes sense that you really need to consider the network implications before jumping into almost any type of IT initiative.\u00a0 Just because those green lights are flickering doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s all good.<\/p>\n

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