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    From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Ward Dossche on Thu Mar 21 09:36:58 2024
    On 20/03/2019 23:19, Ward Dossche -> Moderator wrote:

    Yeah, I know, those Mickey Mouse hats *do* sit nicely...

    Could you please talk to the guy?

    The Zone Warz are over ...

    Not if we can get it started again!

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    Regards
    David

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Thu Mar 21 06:00:54 2024
    The Zone Warz are over ...

    As I've already said, the future looks bright -- compared to the past.



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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Tony Langdon on Thu Mar 21 06:02:40 2024
    So, a "doable" option, with the right cooperation . :)

    Absolutely. The nodes need not even change a thing in their set-up. It's all made between RCs and NCs.



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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Sun Mar 24 00:34:56 2024
    Hello Bj”rn,

    So, a "doable" option, with the right cooperation . :)

    Absolutely. The nodes need not even change a thing in their set-up. It's all
    made between RCs and NCs.

    Taking out docs.
    Grabbing magnifying glass.
    Checking it out.
    Yep.
    It all adds up.
    Taking out deadwood.
    Nothing left but RCs and NCs.
    Much clearer now.
    No more magnifying glass needed.

    --Lee

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    Change Is Cumming

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Wed Mar 20 20:32:28 2024
    Bj”rn Felten -> Tony Langdon skrev 2019-03-20 20:17:
    Today's RCs are nothing but nodelist clerks not even needed, our ZCs can easily handle net segments.

    OK, I didn't think this through properly. In some zones that would probably a way to hard a task. So maybe keep the RC job as netsegment collector and processor but deprive us of the Mickey Mouse hats.



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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Tony Langdon on Wed Mar 20 23:08:02 2024
    Or is there any way to "thin the herd" and merge regions to spread the load,

    Oh yes, no problem at all.

    In zone 2 we've managed several such mergers. One such was the merger of R20, R21, R22 and R23 into R20. The merger went without any problems (AFAIK). All it takes is the cooperation with the RCs and their ZC. And that's only the latest here.

    And now over to zone 1, and how they have managed to reduce the number of regions from ten (with 25,000 nodes 20 years ago) to ten with a couple of hundreds now. 8-)

    Yeah, I know, those Mickey Mouse hats *do* sit nicely...


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