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From: rogerwat@WATDCS.UWATERLOO.CA (Roger Watt)
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Date: 13 Feb 90 00:07:29 GMT
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> > Why don't those of us who are NJE-over-IP capable just go ahead and
> > talk NJE-over-IP to each other, trashing the native-NJE links as we
> > no longer need them?
>
> Because there are certain nodes within the center of the network that
> are dealing with a huge amount of traffic and devoting large amounts of
> computing and human resources to keeping the machines viable. Formally
> establishing a core of nodes will alleviate the burden from a few nodes
> and distribute the processing requirements.

You missed my point, /mgr. I see nothing wrong with the idea. I merely do
not understand the rationale for creating a burdened set of 14 core
nodes. EVERY NODE THAT CAN should be running NJE-over-IP ... hundreds of
nodes, not tens!

My question was aimed at the folk who prepared the proposal. Can anyone
at PUCC who was involved in this explain "Why not hundreds of nodes
running NJE-over-IP, each talking directly to each other?" What technical
fears did/do you have that caused you to limit the concept in this
fashion?