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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