[53801] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Spanning tree melt down ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alex@yuriev.com)
Wed Nov 27 11:53:01 2002
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:03:57 -0500 (EST)
From: alex@yuriev.com
To: "Huff, Mark" <mhuff@integratelecom.com>
Cc: "Nanog (E-mail)" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <C4C5B6767D9B4E49AB448C67CF49F4A9052D411C@beaexch2.ads.integratelecom.com>
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> Cisco wins...
>
> As a result of the crash, Beth Israel Deaconess plans to spend $3 million to
> replace its entire network - creating an entire parallel set of wires and
> switches, double the capacity the medical center thought it needed.
The question is for how long that parallel network would be around before it
falls due the same problem ( dclue/dt < 0 on the part of those who run it )
manifesting itself in a different way.
Alex
