On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 08:09:54PM +0100, Leigh Porter wrote:
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.
i'll be happy to review the data sheets and prices of routers w/ multicore processors. pointers accepted. changing the algorithm might be a bit harder, as i think you'll need to change the BGP core spec for that. --bill
-- 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