From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:22:22 -0800
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:31:54 -0800 (PST) > David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Peter Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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. Oops I didn't notice this was with 2.4.x. Indeed, 2.4.x definitely cannot handle large numbers of networking interfaces at all without major surgery. 2.6.x should handle this significantly better. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
