Leading authorities deliver the commandments for designing high--speed networks There are no end of books touting the virtues of one or another high--speed networking technology, but until now, there were none offering networking professionals a framework for choosing and integrating the best ones for their organization's networking needs. Written by two world--renowned experts in the field of high--speed network design, this book outlines a total strategy for designing high--bandwidth, low--latency systems. Using real--world implementation examples to illustrate their points, the authors cover all aspects of network design, including network components, network architectures, topologies, protocols, application interactions, and more.