Re: M3UA Loadsharing over 2 multi-homed links to 2 SG

Ok thank you.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Brian F. G. Bidulock
<[email protected]>wrote:

> mosbah,
>
> mosbah abdelkader wrote:                       (Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:48:19)
> >    Is that scenario possible with the actual M3UA specification? If not,
> >    please provide an alternative? Any other suggestion? Is that carrier
> >    grade configuration? What about HA: what to do to support that feature
> >    in M3UA?
>
> The M3UA specification supports load sharing at all the levels you
> describe.
>
> HA is a characteristic of a node, not a network protocol; however, the M3UA
> and SCTP specifications provide for the automatic redirection of traffic in
> the event that any of those network interfaces, associations, or SG nodes
> should fail.  Of course, when they all fail, M3UA can do nothing.
>
> Carrier grade configurations have more to do with hardware than network
> protocols.  All systems must be designed with no SPOF and 5 9s.  Most HA
> systems are only "commercial grade".
>
> --brian
>
> --
> Brian F. G. Bidulock
> [email protected]
> http://www.openss7.org/
>

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