What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes)
Vadim Antonov
avg at exigengroup.com
Thu Aug 30 02:38:33 UTC 2001
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> Ha! Clearly the largest of the new routers have huge space/power/heat
> issues.
Teraplex 20 in full configuration (19.2 Tbps switching capacity, 128
racks) consumes 0.8 megawatt, not counting A/C.
Reminds me good ol' times when main Relcom POP in Moscow had an on-site
nuclear reactor as a source of back-up electricity (well, it was located
in the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy :)
--vadim
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