Varaverkkoon
Varaverkkoon is a Finnish term referring to a backup or shadow network designed to support operations if the primary network fails. It denotes a secondary communication or data path that can be used to maintain essential services, data flow, or control systems during outages or degraded conditions. The concept encompasses both physical networks, such as independent links or radio/fiber paths, and logical overlays, such as separate network segments or VPNs that run alongside the main infrastructure.
In Finnish, varaverkkoon is the illative form of varaverkko, meaning “into the backup network” or “to the
Applications and architectures associated with varaverkkoon include critical infrastructure monitoring, data center failover, emergency services communications,
Limitations and challenges involve higher cost, complexity of management, potential data divergence, and the need for
See also: backup network, redundancy, disaster recovery, mesh networking, out-of-band management.