Re: Multicast traffic % in enterprise network ?

[Jethro R Binks <jethro.binks () strath ac uk>]

In terms of other Internet use, the BBC recently published this white 
paper on the R&D efforts with HTTP Server Push/QUIC, part of which 
describes an "experimental IP multicast profile of HTTP over QUIC".

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/publications/whitepaper336

Jethro.


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On Thu, 9 Aug 2018, Curtis, Bruce wrote:

> Multicast was also required for earlier versions of VXLAN.  But later versions or VXLAN only require unicast.
>
> For the far future it seems like Named Data Neworking, Content Centric Networking, Information Centric Networking, 
> Data Centric Networking etc all list multicast as a requirement or fundamental part of their architecture.
>
> > On Aug 8, 2018, at 4:15 PM, Greg Shepherd <gjshep () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > Financial exchanges around the world use multicast.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 1:31 PM, Stan Barber <sob () academ com> wrote:
> >
> > > As someone else remarked, part of this will depend on the type of network
> > > you are profiling. One enterprise networking may have critical internal
> > > applications that depend on multicast to work and others may have nothing
> > > but the basic requirements of the network itself (e.g. IPv6 uses multicast
> > > instead of broadcast for some network control information distribution).
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 11:49 AM, Mankamana Mishra (mankamis) via NANOG <
> > > nanog () nanog org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Every one,
> > > > Recently we had good discussion over multicast uses in public internet.
> > > > From discussion, it was pointed out uses of multicast is more with in
> > > > enterprise.  Wanted to understand how much % multicast traffic present in
> > > > network
> > > >
> > > >  *   If there is any data which can provide what % of traffic is
> > > > multicast traffic. And if multicast is removed, how much unicast traffic
> > > it
> > > > would add up?
> > > >  *   Since this forum has people from deployment area, I would love to
> > > > know if there is real deployment problems or its pain to deploy
> > > multicast.
> > > > These questions is to work / discussion in IETF to see what is pain
> > > points
> > > > for multicast, and how can we simplify it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Mankamana
>
>
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> Bruce Curtis                         bruce.curtis () ndsu edu
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