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Designing and Developing Scalable IP Networks [Hardcover]

Guy Davies (Author)
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0470867396 978-0470867396 September 20, 2004 1
Designing and Developing Scalable IP Networks takes a “real world” approach to the issues that it covers.  The discussions within this book are rooted in actual designs and real development, not theory or pure engineering papers.  It recognises and demonstrates the importance of taking a multi-vendor approach, as existing network infrastructure is rarely homogenous and its focus is upon developing existing IP networks rather than creating them from scratch. 

This global book based on the author’s many years’ experience of designing real scalable systems, is an essential reference tool that demonstrates how to build a scalable network, what pitfalls to avoid and what mechanisms are the most successful in real life for engineers building and operating IP networks.  It will be ideal for network designers and architects, network engineers and managers as well as project managers and will be of particular relevance to those studying for both JNCIE and CCIE exams. 


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"…an excellent reference tool for IT professionals. Students studying computer science (especially networking) would also find this book useful." (E-STREAMS, August 2005)

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Today's aggressively competitive networking market requires offering the maximum range of services using prevailing assets, not building bigger, more complicated networks, but smarter, more scalable infrastructures. It isn't an easy thing to do.

The challenge is to develop an existing network so as to maximise its profitability. A multi-vendor approach to the subject is necessary, since existing infrastructure is rarely homogeneous. Discussion cannot merely be rooted in theory, but has to bring to the fore actual designs and real development.

Guy Davies's invaluable reference tool is the product of many years' experience in designing and developing real scalable systems for both service providers and enterprise networks. It is a comprehensive demonstration of how to build scalable networks, the pitfalls to avoid, and a compilation of the most successful mechanisms available for engineers building and operating IP networks.

Designing and Developing Scalable IP Networks:

  • Documents practical scaling mechanisms for both service providers and enterprise networks using illustrative real world configuration examples.
  • Recommends policy choices and explains them in the context of the commercial environment.
  • Provides a reference for engineers building and migrating networks based on the author's familiarity with both Juniper Networks' components and Cisco Systems' routers.
  • Is founded on the author’s experience working with large networks in the USA and Europe, as well as Asia Pacific.

This incomparable reference to scaling networks is suitable for network designers, architects, engineers and managers. It will also be an authoritative guide for technically aware sales and marketing staff and service engineers. It is a valuable resource for graduate and final year computing and communications engineering students and for engineers studying for both the JNCIE and CCIE examinations.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 302 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (September 20, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470867396
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470867396
  • Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,742,718 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Decent information with a hefty price tag..., December 17, 2008
This review is from: Designing and Developing Scalable IP Networks (Hardcover)
The title of this book "Designing and Developing Scalable IP Networks" would lead one to believe that reading this book would give the reader special insight into certain architectural approaches that would enable the network designer to build very large and expansive networks. And while the book certainly did provide some useful information, I found it lacking somewhat in details. The author does not delve into the minutiae of the various protocols, such as message types, protocol interaction, etc. Instead, the author assumes the reader already has a solid understanding of the basic principles of IP networking and the protocols associated with IP routing and switching. The author states early on that the book is meant to "examine the architectural and design principles that can be applied to designing and building scalable IP and MPLS networks", however after a thorough reading I did not find that I was substantially more educated in the subject matter. And herein lies the crux - this book, which is priced in at a whopping $130 - is far more expensive than other texts of a similar nature, some of which cover far more expansive material and cost considerably less. Furthermore, the book is too light on details to be sufficiently useful to someone who is new to the industry and looking to gain a better understanding of what is required to build large-scale networks, and is unlikely to provide the experienced network architect with useable knowledge beyond that which he or she may already possess.

That being said, there is decent treatment of MPLS and Generalized MPLS, MPLS VPNs, QoS, and IPv6. And there certainly are a few good nuggets of information to be found throughout the book. For example, there is very good information on route-reflection, such as the pro's and con's of using the same cluster-id on a pair of route-reflectors running in a pair. It also examines practical deployment information for such mechanisms as graceful-restart, citing the fact that enabling BGP graceful-restart without enabling a similar mechanism in the IGP is likely to reduce the benefit of enabling such a mechanism in the first place. And while this is one of the few texts that I have seen on the market that broaches the subject of graceful-restart, I welcome the author to include more information on this subject in subsequent editions.

All in all I would say that this is a good desk side reference if one wants a text which covers the main protocols and mechanisms in use in large Service Provider networks, but if you are looking for a text which will enable you to build large-scale networks you might be somewhat disappointed in the treatment, especially considering the hefty price tag of this item.
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Hardware design may, at first sight, seem to be something over which the network architect or designer has no control. Read the first page
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restarting router, flag hello detail, gold queue, family inet, ldp interface, framing sdh, match mpls, router isis, community transit members, family mpls, mode sparse, bootstrap messages, sparse mode protocols, bandwidth percent, route reflectors, graceful restart, forwarding module, dscp diffserv, traps version, view firewall, protocol bgp, transit providers, global routing table, router bgp, node protection
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Juniper Networks, Guy Davies, Cisco Systems, Token Ring, All Rights Reserved, The Internet Society, Destination Unreachable
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