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What size is a LIS?

  • From: dell.schipper@eng.eds.com (Dell Schipper)
  • Date: Fri, 12 May 95 10:02:31 EDT

On 5/11/95, Andrew Smith wrote:
>Do people really want to pay for 100 overhead VCCs for 100 hosts
>in the LIS across those long links, compared to 1 overhead VCC
>if they could deploy MCSs ??

Obviously not, unless carriers offered secure switched virtual paths and
the 100 overhead VCCs didn't cost extra.

>The point is that if you want to build an LIS with today's ATM technology,
>it *is* a critical issue to know if your system can deal with LIS sizes
>of 50, 100, 200 or 1000 hosts.

Agreed.

>Would you as a LAN sysop want to buy an ATM router port for every
>few users (they're only $20000 or so each), in addition to that whole heap of
>ATM switch hardware and software that you just bought?

Users would not likely want that.

>I know that *I* am interested in deploying LISs with 100 hosts on them.

Users are interested in both large and small LISs.

>Are there any other people out there listening with any views on this?

Yup, see above.

Dell.

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