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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