Network Dictionary — Distress Purchase
July 13, 2008 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
“distress purchase” refers a purchase made at some critical point, usually during a failure, traffic leap or other unplanned event.
For example, your traffic profile has because the new Sharepoint installation, the number of TCP sessions has increased by 40% overnight and rolling back Sharepoint is not an option). Management suddenly finds a massive wad money from the budget and you give the purchase to anyone who can deliver the kit today. No haggling, full price. Thats a distress purchase.
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