Ungodly packet loss rates
Bill Manning
bmanning at ISI.EDU
Tue Oct 22 03:41:22 UTC 1996
>
> Bill Manning wrote:
>
> In fact... :)
>
> To borrow from your FedEx model..
> We can build bigger doors (MTU) but the conveyer belts are stuck
> at 100Mm/sec. We need faster conveyer belts!
> (waiting for HPPI-64 or G-Ether technologies w/ baited breath :)
> And then watch out 2-4Gbps backplanes... (that is aggregate right?)
>
> Oh, well.
>
> You do not need 2 or whatever Gbps backplanes to build
> terabit per second networks.
>
> --vadim
Correct. I've got a terabit network on my desk right now.
Its kind of simple and doesn't scale well... only two ports.
But what can you expect from strands of fiber... :)
--bill
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