load-balancing [RE: zeroconf draft]

[Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Karen E. Nielsen (AH/TED) wrote:
> > (In other words, you're concerned of seamlessly being able to deploy 
> > multiple tunnel servers to be able to support a larger amount of 
> > tunnel end-points.)
> 
> I agree that that load balancing could be inforced
> by the endpoint discovery mechanism using standard mechs, e.g., round 
> robin or advanced "active load measuring" mechanisms.
> 
> Personally I may still not be convinced that 
> this is a strict requirement for zeroconf. 

I'm extremely surprised to see this view.  If a 3GPP operator has
1,000,000 customers (or even much more), do you think deploying just
one server is sufficient, if the IPv6 tunneling code gets added to the
phones?

Or what's your assumption in this kind of scenario?

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