3 messages, 3 authors, 2003-10-28 · open the first message on its own page
From: Kristen Carlson <hidden>
Date: 2003-09-19 21:48:37
I was looking through some very old mail list discussions (1996!) on this topic, and the feeling then was that the code was optimal for < 60,000 routes. Given that much has happened since then, is it still a fair assumption to say that the linux routing algorithm is optimized for < 60,000 routes, but a more BSD-like algorithm works better for > 60,000 routes? Thanks, Kristen
From: David S. Miller <hidden>
Date: 2003-09-20 06:37:30
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:48:37 -0700 Kristen Carlson [off-list ref] wrote:
I was looking through some very old mail list discussions (1996!) on this topic, and the feeling then was that the code was optimal for < 60,000 routes. Given that much has happened since then, is it still a fair assumption to say that the linux routing algorithm is optimized for < 60,000 routes, but a more BSD-like algorithm works better for > 60,000 routes?
That's not true at all, the current code can handle many more than 60,000 routes. Don't speak with abstract claims that bear no content, do your own experiments with a properly configured system and report them in detail here.
From: bill davidsen <hidden>
Date: 2003-10-28 13:29:54
In article [off-list ref], David S. Miller [off-list ref] wrote: | On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:48:37 -0700 | Kristen Carlson [off-list ref] wrote: | | > I was looking through some very old mail list discussions (1996!) on this | > topic, and the feeling then was that the code was optimal for < 60,000 routes. | > Given that much has happened since then, is it still a fair assumption to say | > that the linux routing algorithm is optimized for < 60,000 routes, but a | > more BSD-like algorithm works better for > 60,000 routes? | | That's not true at all, the current code can handle many more than | 60,000 routes. I don't think "optimized for" meant it wouldn't handle more, just that performance would degrade. -- bill davidsen [off-list ref] CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.