Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:55:04 -0800 | From | Ben Greear <> | Subject | Re: Thousands of interfaces |
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David Miller wrote: > From: Peter Hicks <peter.hicks@poggs.co.uk> > 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? >> > > 2.6 (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
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