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Re: too many variables


From: Leigh Porter <leigh.porter () ukbroadband com>
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:09:54 +0100



Yes a very big unless. Multi-core processors are already available that would make very large BGP convergence possible. Change the algorithm as well and perhaps add some multi-threading to it and it's even better.


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Leigh Porter


Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:


On Aug 9, 2007, at 12:21 PM, bmanning () vacation karoshi com wrote:

    so putting a stake in the ground, BGP will stop working @ around
    2,500,000 routes - can't converge...  regardless of IPv4 or IPv6.
    unless the CPU's change or the convergence algorithm changes.

That is a pretty big "unless" .

Cordially

Patrick Giagnocavo
patrick () zill net




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