[17344] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Great Exchange
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Fri May 29 12:28:38 1998
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 11:53:02 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <g6pvgximup.fsf@daedalus.crosslink.net>; from Michael Shields <shields@crosslink.net> on Fri, May 29, 1998 at 07:02:23AM +0000
On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 07:02:23AM +0000, Michael Shields wrote:
> Can you back up your comment about metering requiring three times the
> current CPU capacity of routers?
No, I pulled it outta my butt. But I do hear that a significant amount
of router CPU is necessary to add this function, particularly at high
packet rates, and a similar amount of analysis CPU would then also be
necessary.
Cheers,
-- jra
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