The automated backup solution—safeguarding the communications network infrastructure
✍ Scribed by Joseph F. Lennert; William Retzner; Monica G. Rodgers; Bernard G. Ruel; Srini Sundararajan; Paul D. Wolfson
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 253 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1089-7089
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✦ Synopsis
The communications network infrastructure of a country plays a critical role in preserving national security, economic stability, and public safety in a local, national, or international crisis. This paper describes how a telecommunications switch and attached adjunct computer server at a telephone network switching center can be used to provide a reliable, automated, cost-effective way to perform the backup and remote storage of communications infrastructure software and data. The implementation of this backup and storage process-called the Automated Backup Solutionwould make infrastructure software and data readily available in a crisis (e.g., a network outage or terrorist attack) and would speed up the restoration of the communications infrastructure in the event of a disaster. The Automated Backup Solution, which uses a high-bandwidth, transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP)-capable adjunct server, is an economical alternative to the physical media and the costly, unreliable, manual backup process that are currently used for backup and storage. This paper also demonstrates the usefulness of the Automated Backup Solution in preserving homeland security and offers insights into ways of implementing eleven communications-industry best practices.