North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: UUNET is not the Internet (and neither is AOL)
> The assumption that it was untested is probably an unfair one. Once a > network reaches a certain size, it is very difficult to simulate it in > a lab. Number of routes/updates, variety of packet destinations, > different card revisions and layouts... heck, even statistically, you > have problems. An issue that appears 5% of the time will only show up > in a a 10-router test lab half the time, but in a 400-router network > it'll pop up on about 20 routers and wreck your whole day. And when > you're out of cash, you can't really afford to devote lots of hardware > to a lab. > Having a lab does help you but usually (this might be different if you are WorldCom) vendors are not too interested in fixing problems you unearth in a lab but instead only agree to raise priority of issues if their boxes fail in production. I�ve been hearing that the change in economic situation has been improving the response, but haven�t tried it personally. Not too many years back, a "P2 case" could take a year to get a fix where "P3" rested in never-never land longer. "P1" worked. Pete
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