North American Network Operators Group
Date Prev | Date Next |
Date Index |
Thread Index |
Author Index |
Historical
Re: A call for the future. Was: Re: Verio Decides what parts ofthe internet to drop
- From: Tim Wolfe
- Date: Wed Dec 08 17:43:41 1999
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
--------------------------------------------------
* Timothy M. Wolfe, Chief Network Engineer *
* ClipperNet Corporation / It's a wireless world *
* tim@clipper.net 800.338.2629 x 402 *
* Sufficient for today = Inadequate for tomorrow *
--------------------------------------------------
|
