[25458] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGP and memory
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jlewis@lewis.org)
Wed Oct 13 23:07:32 1999
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 23:05:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: jlewis@lewis.org
To: Phillip Vandry <vandry@Mlink.NET>
Cc: "Alex P. Rudnev" <alex@virgin.relcom.eu.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199910131531.LAA16274@Iodine.Mlink.NET>
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On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Phillip Vandry wrote:
> I think you are forgetting that these routes need to be stored in a data
> structure that allows fast queries as well as fast inserts and deletes.
> That index takes space, and your "sh ip bgp" doesn't show you that.
Doesn't Livingston/Lucent claim to be able to handle several full views in
32mb? What are they leaving out?
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