Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:22:22 -0800 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: Thousands of interfaces |
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:31:54 -0800 (PST) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Peter Hicks <peter.hicks@poggs.co.uk> > Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:25:50 +0000 > > [ Discussion belongs on netdev@vger.kernel.org, added to CC: ] > > > I have a dual 3GHz Xeon machine with a 2.4.21 kernel and thousands (15k+) of > > ipip tunnel interfaces. These are being used to tunnel traffic from remote > > routers, over a private network, and handed off to a third party. > ... > > Is it possible to speed up creation of the interfaces? Currently it takes > > around 24 hours. Is there are more efficient way to handle a very large > > number of IP-IP tunnels? Would upgrading to a 2.6 kernel be of use? >
2.4 has a several N^2 searches for interfaces (and is in deep freeze by now). 2.6 had several changes to handle 1000's of interfaces.
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