What is a Shared Risk Group (SRG)?

According to the Nokia Optical Networking documentation, a Shared Risk Group (SRG) is defined as "a set of network resources that share a common failure risk. When a resource in an SRG fails, the other resources in the group are also affected." This can include fibers, boards, nodes, and other network resources. The SRG concept is used in network design and protection mechanisms to ensure survivability and minimal impact on service in case of a failure.