[28822] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: CIDR Report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wolfgang Henke)
Wed May 17 13:18:30 2000
To: rmeyer@mhsc.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Message-Id: <20000517171545.11C5399C82@waltz.rahul.net>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 10:15:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: wolfgang@whnet.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>
> > In any case, I think the point is made that we can talk
> > all we want about how we want <insert router vendor
> > name here> to provide a truly high-end
> > router that solves everything, but the reality of the cost
> > pressure does need to be considered....
>
> That is one major point, maybe the entire point.
>
This suggests a generally flatter architecture, maybe parallel. Still
remember the supercomputer discussions a few years back when experts
argued if either KSR or Thinking Machines is going to be *the* big win?
And today when you need a lot of processing e.g. for rendering, you
simply stick a couple dozen Pentiums on a fast switched ethernet.
