Such as a Cisco 2621 or something. On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 32 megs? Wow... > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Sep 8, 2015 8:55 PM, "Justin Wilson - MTIN" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Areas came to being when routers had 32 megs of ram small processors. It >> was mainly a mechanism to cut down on cpu/memory utilization. Areas have >> advantages in certain designs, but not like they used to. >> >> >> Justin Wilson >> [email protected] >> >> --- >> http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO >> xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth >> >> http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman >> Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric >> >> On Sep 8, 2015, at 8:11 PM, Paul Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yup … have seen some **really** large networks run everything in >> backbone area … >> >> In previous job, we had 6000+ routes in backbone area with no noticeable >> issues. >> >> Paul >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Mathew Howard >> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 8, 2015 3:28 PM >> *To:* af <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Some OSPF Questions... >> >> I have everything in area 0 too, and we've get well over 100 routers >> running OSPF and I really don't see any good reason to change it at this >> point. >> >> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 2:08 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I run the backbone/area 0 only. But I have less than 15 routers speaking >> OSPF. Convergence time is fine so I see no reason to go to multi-area any >> time soon. >> >> >> On 9/8/2015 12:39 PM, Christopher Gray wrote: >> >> Can an area have multiple ABR routers connecting to area 0 (Is there any >> way to add redundancy to an area)? >> >> How big is too big for an OSPF database (At what point should one really >> start using areas)? >> >> With Mikrotik hardware, if there is no current need for VPLS tunnels or >> MPLS-TE, is there any benefit to running MPLS vs just OSPF? [I'm running it >> on some my network, and I'm debating whether to take the time to implement >> it everywhere.] >> >> Thanks - Chris >> >> >>
