Internet Performance Survival Guide: QoS Strategies for Multiservice Networks [Paperback]

Geoff Huston (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471378089 | ISBN-13: 978-0471378082 | Publication Date: February 17, 2000 | Edition: 1

"A critical guide through the tangled thicket of hype, assumptions, and facts about Quality of Service in IP Networks." - Scott Bradner, Senior Consultant at Harvard and Transport Area Director, IETF

The next wave of Internet services will include voice and video as well as data. Supporting this will be the next generation of multiservice network platforms. This technology guide provides a comprehensive examination of the tools used to construct multiservice Internet networks, and provides up-to-the-minute solutions that deliver accurate services. Detailing every part of this important topic, this book covers the latest in standards work, Quality of Service architectures, detailed evaluation of performance-tuning tools, and design guidelines for achieving optimum performance from Internet networks. With this book, you'll gain an unprecedented look at the key issues that arise when engineering Internet networks to deliver defined levels of performance and learn how to fully utilize the wide array of service performance tools that are available in current Internet networks.

Networking Council Books put technology in perspective or decision-makers who need an implementation strategy, a vendor and outsourcing strategy, and a product and design strategy. Series advisors are three of the most influential leaders of the networking community:

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"A critical guide through the tangled thicket of hype, assumptions, and facts about Quality of Service in IP Networks." - Scott Bradner, Senior Consultant at Harvard and Transport Area Director, IETF

The next wave of Internet services will include voice and video as well as data. Supporting this will be the next generation of multiservice network platforms. This technology guide provides a comprehensive examination of the tools used to construct multiservice Internet networks, and provides up-to-the-minute solutions that deliver accurate services. Detailing every part of this important topic, this book covers the latest in standards work, Quality of Service architectures, detailed evaluation of performance-tuning tools, and design guidelines for achieving optimum performance from Internet networks. With this book, you'll gain an unprecedented look at the key issues that arise when engineering Internet networks to deliver defined levels of performance and learn how to fully utilize the wide array of service performance tools that are available in current Internet networks.

Networking Council Books put technology in perspective or decision-makers who need an implementation strategy, a vendor and outsourcing strategy, and a product and design strategy. Series advisors are three of the most influential leaders of the networking community:

Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compboo ks/

Visit the Networking Council Web site at www.wiley.com/ networkingcouncil

About the Author

GEOFF HUSTON is Chief Scientist of Telstra Internet, Australia's largest telecommunications company with more than four million people connected to the Internet. He is also chair of the Internet Society, a member of the Internet Architecture Board, cochair of the Internet Engineering and Planning group, and coauthor of Quality of Service and author of ISP Survival Guide (both from Wiley).

LYMAN CHAPIN-Chief Scientist at BBN Technologies, CTO for GTE Technology Organization, and founding trustee of the Internet Society.

SCOTT BRADNER-Senior Consultant for Harvard University, Transport Area Director IETF, trustee of the Internet Society, and ISOC VP of Standards.

VINTON CERF-Senior Vice President for Internet Architecture and Technology at MCIWorldcom, founding President of the Internet Society, and co-inventor of TCP/IP

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 17, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471378089
• ISBN-13: 978-0471378082
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,542,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic text on IP QoS and Performance, June 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Internet Performance Survival Guide: QoS Strategies for Multiservice Networks (Paperback)

This book is destined to be a classic. It has a very detailed treatment on how IP protocols perform and how IP networks and hosts interact. I found it easy to read, informative and a valuable reference for QoS.

There is no marketing hype in the book - it does not describe what does not exist, nor does it try and sell some vendor's favourite model of QoS. It presents an unbiased view of QoS and its uses.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Internet Performance Survival Guide: QoS Strategies..., November 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Internet Performance Survival Guide: QoS Strategies for Multiservice Networks (Paperback)

This is an excellent primer on network performance and Quality of Service mechanisms and architecture. It addresses all of the issues surrounding this difficult subject (void of vendor marketing!) Great for anyone just beginning to address this subject. Very good reference work with execellent pointers for further reading,(Books as well as RFC's and RFC drafts). Wonderful read!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply great - lays the foundation for performance, February 23, 2001

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This review is from: Internet Performance Survival Guide: QoS Strategies for Multiservice Networks (Paperback)

This book explains in clear, unambiguous terms the meaning of quality of service and how to develop an infrastructure that will provide this elusive characteristic. More importantly, it provides a vendor-independent view of network performance and capacity management.

I particularly liked how the author distinguished between quality of service (QoS) and classes of service - these are important distinctions that will influence how you develop strategies for achieving either or both.

The heart of this book is the section titled Performance Toolkit. The clear explanations of all of the "moving parts" at the physical and protocol layers are the best I have ever read. These were augmented by illustrations that effectively conveyed conplex information and interrelationships without confusing the reader. Most of the illustrations have two basic elements: a physical or logical network diagram on top, with timing or interaction information below. This, in my opinion, is one of the key strengths of the book because I was able to immediately understand what the author was trying to convey.

In addition to a structured approach to QoS the book is also sprinkled with interesting information that is set in text boxes. Examples are web links to additional information, interesting discussions that support the main text (I loved the discussion on the "Speed of Light Problem"), and anecdotal information that liven up the book.

After reading this book I felt I had not only a firm grasp on what it takes to achieve QoS, but that I also understood with a great deal of clarity how networks work at the physical and protocol layers. This alone speaks highly of the book because I have more than 12 years of network experience.

Regardless of whether you are working towards or are certified in a particular vendor technology (i.e., MCSE, CCIE, etc.), this book will expand your knowledge of networking in general and QoS in particular.

If you are a network architect this book with provide you with a strong foundation upon which you can build a solid QoS strategy. It also gives a sound approach to performance and capacity management, which would be nicely augmented by either (or both) of the following books: Capacity Planning for Web Performance, and Scaling for E-Business, both by Daniel A. Menasce and Virgilio A. F. Almeida.