[oclug] Scalability question

[David F. Skoll]

Hi,

I may be working on an interesting project which could stretch the
scalability of Linux.  Are there any kernel gurus out there who might
know the answers to these questions:

1) How well can a Linux system handle thousands of network interfaces?
(You have to make a kernel patch to go beyond 100, but it's trivial.)  I'm
thinking of a couple of thousand PPP interfaces.

2) How well can a Linux system handle routing tables with thousands of host
entries?

Is this totally beyond the realm of possibility?

Regards,

David.

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