COMPUTING 8 • The network is reliable. • Latency is zero. • Bandwidth is infinite. • The network is secure. • Topology doesn't change. • There is one administrator. • Transport cost is zero. • The network is homogeneous.
automation (health checks) • black box testing (what happens if you cut off the connection to environment?) • dimensions • disk I/O • time (skew) • network traffic • requests per second served • cascading failures