High-Availability Architecture Patterns for Enterprise Network Management Platforms
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15680/IJCTECE.2026.0901022Keywords:
High availability, enterprise network management, quorum, replication, failover, disaster recovery, fault toleranceAbstract
Enterprise network management platforms coordinate configuration, inventory, topology, telemetry, assurance, and device operations across distributed services. This paper presents a conceptual architecture for high availability in these platforms. It organizes the design around service replication, quorum-based control authority, leader-controlled workflow reconciliation, durable work queues, failure-domain separation, health-aware routing, and state-specific recovery. It also proposes a capability-level evaluation framework with failure scenarios and measures for detection, failover, work loss, stale state, repeated external actions, and recovery correctness. The framework is a proposed validation plan; this paper does not report executed experiments, production measurements, or deployment results. The patterns provide a basis for stating and testing availability requirements for individual management capabilities.
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