BGP and memory

Wed Oct 13 17:35:27 UTC 1999

Phillip Vandry wrote:

> I think you are forgetting that these routes need to be stored in a data
> structure that allows fast queries as well as fast inserts and deletes.
> That index takes space, and your "sh ip bgp" doesn't show you that.
>
> Yeah, let's store the routing table in a linked list!
>

Actually, that isn't that crazy...  There's quite a bit of silicon out there that can
read link lists very fast (fast enough to paint video frames as an example)...  But I
suppose we're talking about processor-based (software) routing for the most part..

Ryan Brooks
ryan at inc.net

>
> -Phil
>
> > No, if someone want to implement the core BGP in the 8 MB ram, he can do
> > it as well (through the cost of his work + cost of debug should be much
> > greater than the cost of 128RAM memory -:)).
> >
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