Reducing Network Demand
Determine impact on network
- Require a network impact statement for all new application software
Use data compression of all data in the network
Shift network usage
- From peak or high cost times to lower demand or lower cost times
- e.g., transmit reports from retail stores to headquarters after the stores close
Redesign the network
- Move data closer to applications and people who use them
- Use distributed databases to spread traffic across