Network engineering continued...

 This is a continuation of the earlier posts starting with this one: http://ravinote.blogspot.com/2020/09/best-practice-from-networking.html

671. The way networking products avoid becoming a commodity is by moving up the value chain.

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673. Networking products can morph from dedication to one use case to another, but this is largely dependent on whether the storage product handles topologies.

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672. Networking products do not have the ability to maintain the same performance when the use case changes drastically. They must be serviced and tuned.

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     Customers expect upgrades to proceed smoothly and only when the version is released. They do not expect the upgrade for every trouble they encounter with their existing installation. 
     
     

674. Network unavailability or packet loss might occur despite the best effort of the product and its design but the deployment is a joint responsibility between the customer and the maker.  
     
     Networking products are like appliances with a machine-like efficiency curve. It is best to keep the product from thrashing.
     
     
     

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