Re: [Idr] I-D Action: draft-ietf-idr-rs-bfd-02.txt

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Tue, 14 March 2017 10:00 UTC

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>> why do folk use RS?  to offload the bgp decision process.
> RS are used to establish one (or two) eBGP session and get all the
> juice. ​

that is one.  my case is one.  and there are others.

folk are at large exchanges with small routers; some can handle about
one view.  they do not have the horsepower to make best next hop choices
from large sets.  we should not disenfranchise them.

randy