Part of "SDN" (vomit.. I can't believe I just used that acronym), is knowing what the options are first.
1 For that you need BGP. 2 Then you need some way of performance testing multiple paths from various points. Then you need to use information from 1 & 2 to programmatically select $bestPath based on $criteria. Certain ISPs, Enterprises, and vendors are already doing things like this. On Sep 19, 2016 7:32 PM, "Seth Mattinen" <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: > On 9/19/16 17:21, Ken Hohhof wrote: > >> So much for the people who believe taking full BGP routes will >> automatically choose the best routes. (Why does "best routes" sound like >> something Trump would say?) >> > > > Latency or loss isn't part of the best path selection algorithm, so anyone > who expects that isn't fully clued in to BGP. > > Now, I certainly wouldn't want anything less than full routes because it > limits my options if I happen need to exercise such options. > > ~Seth >
