The road to scalable systems

The susceptibility of present client-server environments to serious bottleneck problems underscores the need for hierarchical architectures that will improve the scalability of client-server systems. This type of architecture uses localized superagents for processing and filtering management information. The superagents also reduce the amount of network traffic between the manager and the managed elements.
Cracking the scalability conundrum with hierarchical and client-server approaches It's been five years since the first generation of open management platforms (OMPs) and management software entered the market. While they've [...]