[address-policy-wg] Board position on 2011-02

Hi,

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> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike at swm.pp.se> wrote:
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> We're not going to run out, there is no such thing. There is only pain level to rise, it's not going to stop working. I'm sure there are vendors who'd happily sell you devices in a few years that'll do 10M routes in FIB if they thought there was market demand.
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> Then ALL the routers in the backbone MUST be changed... is this a real alternative?
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Yes, all hardware will have to be replaced with new ones eventually for upgrades.
That's just natural.
I had to replace all the c3640s in my core 10years ago, too. And i will have to replace my current
gear sooner or later. What's the big deal? 

> Just for a bad decision?
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No, it's a bad decision to use old gear for longer than their supposed lifetime.
Probably you should check your business plan if you can't keep up with upgrading your gear, especially
if you're running a network oriented business.

> What about speed of convergence of there will be so many routes?
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> Handling the limits of routes allowed today in first class backbone needs already long time, is n't it?
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Do you have any evidence about this? Would love to read about the actual numbers.
(That's not a rhetorical question, i really have no clue if there's a problem, i don't see any in the networks i manage,
it never came up, but that doesn't mean there isn't one.)

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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind Regards

Sascha Lenz [SLZ-RIPE]
Senior System- & Network Architect