On Jan 8, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
I guess I believe that an unsustainable level of
BGP update traffic will be the first practical consequence to hit us.
The two router vendors that are vocally represented here don't seem to
support that view, however. How do you define "unsustainable"? You can
create non-convergence today in the lab by simply causing a set of BGP
speakers generate flap faster than the unit under test. You can also
create that in the field today by putting woefully underpowered CPU
(anyone still got a CSC-4 handy? ;-) in the core. What we see today is
that convergence is slowing, but it's difficult to argue about when (or
if) it will get to non-convergence, given Moore's law and technology
refresh cycles. This is exactly why we try to focus the issue around
clearly quantifiable issues.
Tony