Re: Thousands of interfaces

[Ben Greear]

David Miller wrote:
> From: Peter Hicks <peter.hicks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:25:50 +0000
>
> [ Discussion belongs on netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 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?
> >     
>
>   
2.6 (and the associated 'ip' tool) does have some improvements for 
showing very
large numbers of interfaces.  I haven't tried more than a few thousand 
though...

Ben


--
Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com


-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/