From: Salau, Yemi (yemi.salau@siemens.com)
Date: Thu May 22 2008 - 12:01:10 ART
That was just a "floor-walking" report of what was in existence then
(1998); I'm sure that table would have been way stretched in the 21st
Century.
I stumbled across Dr. Peter J. Welcher's take on this subject, under the
OSPF Design Cisco Rule of Thumb:
http://www.netcraftsmen.net/welcher/papers/ospf1.htm
Many Thanks
Yemi Salau
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From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
dara tomar
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:26 AM
To: sheherezada@gmail.com
Cc: iosluver@gmail.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Limit on OSPF Areas
*A good oldie question,
Beside what Mihai said all is dependent on the CPU-processing power and
the
memory consumption of a device.
Here is what the RF 2329 as per the year 1998 has to say.
http://www3.tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2329#page-7
And with time we are having more powerful devices in market, so no real
concerns...
Regards,
Dara*
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:46 PM, <sheherezada@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think this is the case with the current processing power on
> the routers. I've seen 100 routers in a single area. Actually,
> single area OSPF is better especially in SP design, where you carry
> all bulk routes in BGP and avoid TE complications.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Mihai
>
> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:55 PM, <iosluver@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have read & heard about the need to limit the number of routers in
an
> OSPF
> > because of the performance implications on participating devices. Is
> there a
> > limit on the number of OSPF Areas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
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