{"draft":"draft-ietf-grow-anycast-04","doc_id":"RFC4786","title":"Operation of Anycast Services","authors":["J. Abley","K. Lindqvist"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"24","pub_status":"BEST CURRENT PRACTICE","status":"BEST CURRENT PRACTICE","source":"Global Routing Operations","abstract":"As the Internet has grown, and as systems and networked services\r\nwithin enterprises have become more pervasive, many services with\r\nhigh availability requirements have emerged.  These requirements have\r\nincreased the demands on the reliability of the infrastructure on\r\nwhich those services rely.\r\n\r\nVarious techniques have been employed to increase the availability of\r\nservices deployed on the Internet.  This document presents commentary\r\nand recommendations for distribution of services using anycast.  This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the\r\nInternet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for\r\nimprovements.","pub_date":"December 2006","keywords":["[--------|b]","ROUTING","LOAD-BALANCING","LOAD-SHARING"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":["BCP0126"],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC4786","errata_url":null}