[1472] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: value of co-location
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike O'Dell)
Sat Jan 20 11:55:11 1996
To: postel@isi.edu
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 19 Jan 1996 16:30:46 PST."
<199601200030.AA13632@zen.isi.edu>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 11:42:19 -0500
From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo@uunet.uu.net>
somehow i missed the annoucement by the major router manufacturers that
they are supporting the technology you mentioned. (grin)
coding packets a 640 megabits isn't particularly hard - off-the-shelf
Fiberchannel parts can do 1.02 gigabits (each way) with no trouble (and
are used inside at least one "gigabit router" in concert with a GaAs
cross-bar switch to make gigabit-capable switching fabric.) [yes, there
are other issues in building fast switches.]
the general challenge is to make the technology into *products* which
work, are scalable, and manage to generate enough critical mass that
the technology suppliers will survive. this last point is as critical
as the first.
Cynicism aside, however, I have been following the MOSAIC/ATOMIC stuff
for several years and it is attractive for some purposes. I am hoping
for their every success. But I don't think that I'd bet the success of
a major internet interchange point on it right now.
That is, of course, if I knew it was in there... (big grin)
-mo
ps - thanks for mentioning the url. makes it easier to track what's
happening there.
