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SubjectRe: Thousands of interfaces
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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