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Re: BIRD vs Quagga


From: Thomas Mangin <thomas.mangin () exa-networks co uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:47:13 +0000

Quagga does not really behave well with lots of peers (lots >> 200), but
there will be an optimized route server version soon.

This was discussed today at Linx 68. Linx is very pleased with Bird - they could not get Quagga working due to load 
issues.
With large numbers of peers, the update processing can cause the program to hit his peer HoldTime Timer (with a 
domino's effect as well).

EuroIX is sponsoring some work on Quagga to get the KeepAlive management moved into a separate Thread.

During the discussion, a developers of Bird said that their filtering code _may_ still have bugs (when performing 
community based filtering).

Thomas

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