Re: Requirements for IP Multihoming Architectures

[Joe Abley <jabley-ietf@automagic.org>]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 05:18:18PM -0000, Elwyn Davies wrote:
> 1. Whilst it is possible to do multihoming/multiattaching in a DFZ friendly
> way through a single provider, it would clearly be better if the solutions
> proposed addressed both cases in a similar way rather than having two
> totally separate solutions.  Also, load balancing even to a single provider
> is still difficult to achieve.

We could have said "load sharing" rather than "load balancing".

> 2. Redundancy is illusory without getting into the 'shared fate'
> considerations which are currently exercising the IPO working group.   If
> your multiple connections end up running in a single duct that gets back
> hoed all your hard work goes for nothing.

Very true.


Joe