IMO the biggest hurdle for the most that take part in this discussion is
their expertise on traditional IETF (BGP) routing. My recommendation: Lean back,
forget about all the details, ignore what is a RIB or FIB, or stretch or other
measurements,but trust yourself. Let loose. Don't be afraid of any revolutionary
solution. Because at the end, there will be enough time and opportunity to think
about how the existing machinery (OSPF,BGP) can be utilized for any solution
that will replace exactly these routing protocols.
Heiner
In einer eMail vom 27.04.2007 10:06:45 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt
brc@zurich.ibm.com:
I'm
wondering how much precision there should be in the goals.
Just to take the
first one as an example:
> Thus, the first required
goal is to provide significant improvement
> to the
scalability of the routing plane.
Should we be looking for a way to
measure that goal? For example,
by having a goal that the RIB size goes
like log(N) for some measure N?
Obviously that is simplistic - my point is
to ask whether we
want to define metrics.
If the goals are only
qualitative, it will be hard to judge
proposals.
BTW another point
occurred to me when reading the Asbtract
> ...The
RRG is designing
> an alternate architecture to meet these
challenges. This document
> consists of a prioritized
list of design goals for the architecture.
If we want the broader
community to take any notice of the promised design,
it seems necessary to
get some measure of buy-in from the broader community
for the goals, once
they have taken shape.
Brian
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