[26190] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: A call for the future. Was: Re: Verio Decides what parts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Wolfe)
Wed Dec 8 17:43:18 1999
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 14:40:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Tim Wolfe <tim@clipper.net>
To: Vijay Gill <wrath@cs.umbc.edu>
Cc: Dean Anderson <dean@av8.com>, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>,
NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Vijay Gill wrote:
> Full route table size is not a problem. You can burn a hard disk as you
> mentioned to store it. The issue is getting data in and out of the
> processor, i.e. number of pins. Core flows are not ameneable to caching.
> This approach will fail the first time you see a new packet and need to
> swap from hard disk.
Not that it would be very economical, but what are the technical
implications of using a solid state device (such as the Quantum's RUSHMORE NTE
series) instead of a normal hard drive?
-- Tim
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