Re: virtual aggregation in IETF

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
>
> > Software switched routers have little pressure on fib limitions. For a 
> > certain class of application the software switched edge router is in a 
> > much better position to accommodate fib growth than a device with a 
> > fixed sized cam.
>
> I dunno about that; there's some papers floating about which look at
> trie type FIB representations which note significant savings in compressing
> FIB to unique entry set. Less memory, less comparsions, less nodes, etc.
> Rather interesting stuff.

Not saying that they couldn't benefit from it, however on one hand we 
have a device with a 36Mbit cam on the other, one with 2GB of ram, which 
one fills up first?

> Try http://www.academypublisher.com/jnw/vol02/no03/jnw02031827.pdf for
> fun.
>
>
>
> Adrian