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Layer-2 Network Is a Single Failure Domain

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This topic has been on my to-write list for over a year and its working title was phrased as a question, but all the horror stories you’ve shared with me over the last year or so (some of them published in my blog) have persuaded me that there’s no question – it’s a fact.

Surprise! No amount of networking technology will make Layer-2 networks be the correct choice for everything they’re being pitched for.

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© Stephen Foskett for Gestalt IT, 2012. | Layer-2 Network Is a Single Failure Domain
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