[c-nsp] BGP memory on a 6500

[Tony Li]

> I think that doesn't make the problem go away, only delays a bit (and
> that might be quite small) when you see the problem.  On the plus
> side, the current situation means that TAC will know what's going on
> as the routing table creeps towards the cutoff point (modulo a
> thousand or two routes +/- per provider).  When aggregatability has a
> 50% non-deterministic span rather than a 1% non-deterministic span,
> things will be rougher for longer.


I know some folks that have implemented this and found that it worked
VERY well indeed.  Even in centralized portions of a Tier 1 network,
this tended to reduce the forwarding table by 20-30% and in edgier
situations it was more like 40%.  

It's well worth it, IMHO, and Cisco should take the opportunity to port
it to IOS.

$.02,
Tony