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On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Vijay Gill wrote: > Full route table size is not a problem. You can burn a hard disk as you > mentioned to store it. The issue is getting data in and out of the > processor, i.e. number of pins. Core flows are not ameneable to caching. > This approach will fail the first time you see a new packet and need to > swap from hard disk. Not that it would be very economical, but what are the technical implications of using a solid state device (such as the Quantum's RUSHMORE NTE series) instead of a normal hard drive? -- Tim -------------------------------------------------- * Timothy M. Wolfe, Chief Network Engineer * * ClipperNet Corporation / It's a wireless world * * [email protected] 800.338.2629 x 402 * * Sufficient for today = Inadequate for tomorrow * --------------------------------------------------
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