[131853] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: RINA - scott whaps at the nanog hornets nest :-)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Bonser)
Sat Nov 6 16:38:47 2010
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:38:38 -0700
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikMM6S8eCm1V=GjEQ=5+6MOx6xeja7xea++DZFF@mail.gmail.com>
From: "George Bonser" <gbonser@seven.com>
To: "Matthew Petach" <mpetach@netflight.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>=20
> Completely agree with you on that point. I'd love to see Equinix,
> AMSIX, LINX,
> DECIX, and the rest of the large exchange points put out statements
> indicating
> their ability to transparently support jumbo frames through their
> fabrics, or at
> least indicate a roadmap and a timeline to when they think they'll be
> able to
> support jumbo frames throughout the switch fabrics.
>=20
> Matt
Yes, in moving from SONET to Ethernet exchange points, we have actually
reduced the potential performance of applications across the network for
no good reason, in many cases.
