From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 5 09:38:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AA7D1065673 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:38:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brad@comstyle.com) Received: from mail.comstyle.com (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:1d:8c::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C5AE8FC21 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:38:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brad@comstyle.com) Received: from [192.168.3.42] (toronto-hs-216-138-195-228.s-ip.magma.ca [216.138.195.228]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: brad) by mail.comstyle.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DD81A9840A; Fri, 5 Dec 2008 04:38:42 -0500 (EST) From: Brad To: Randy Bush Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 04:38:41 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <4938E9BD.3040607@psg.com> <200812050422.44586.brad@comstyle.com> <4938F449.3000401@psg.com> In-Reply-To: <4938F449.3000401@psg.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200812050438.42163.brad@comstyle.com> X-comstyle-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-comstyle-MailScanner-ID: DD81A9840A.60655 X-comstyle-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-comstyle-MailScanner-From: brad@comstyle.com X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bgp, is-is, ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:38:50 -0000 On Friday 05 December 2008 04:28:41 Randy Bush wrote: > but no is-is? not to start an emacs/vi debate, but most of us old > pharts are is-is, as are the big old backbones (and the smarter new > ones:-). Not yet. You're welcome to help start an isisd. ;) So far BGP, OSPF, RIP and DVMRP working. OSPF6d started. > >> for two full bgp feeds, is 4g of ram gonna last? or should i get 8g? > > > > A machine with 512MB of memory should have no problem with 3 maybe 4 > > feeds depending on BGP implementation and setup. So 2GB should be more > > than enough > > cool. this will have at least two ibgp peers who have full external > transit feeds, i.e. 200k prefixes each. Ya, with how cheap memory is for anything you will most likely use there is no point not having at least 1GB and that will provide more than enough memory to work with. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.