routing meltdown

Sun Aug 13 22:35:51 UTC 1995

> > ...which requires even more state kept in gateways, and
> > therefore more CPU required to maintain that state.
> > 
> > Film at 11.
> > 
> > --vadim
> > 
> 
> CPUs are cheap.  One 133 MHz Pentium cost less than either of
> us make in a day.....  In six months, even cheaper.

And exactly which platforms are optomized to take advantage of the P133?  Not
too many.  You'd be better off running a multi-processor Sparc 20 w/Solaris
(ewwww.)

Dave

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