Re: [Vserver] ip count

On Thursday 14 September 2006 12:18, Bruno wrote:

oh .. to complete the explanation on our systems a guest would never address
more than a single /24 but with the limitation that has to be divided among a
gazillion guests instead..

> On Thursday 14 September 2006 16:27, Chuck wrote:
> > someone mentioned the possibility of getting a setup on current vserver
> > code that would take a /24 network and not have much if any slowdown.. has
> > this ever been realized?
>
> I did some coding in that direction, but patch is not finished yet.
Hopefully
> I will get some more time after next week do continue coding on it.
>
> My direction is assigning address elements to guests, either single
addresses
> or groups of addresses as range or mask. When there is more than a single
> such item, on additional is created that itentifies the complete range
> contaning the addresses of a guest.
> Thus two guests with 20 IPs spread over two different /24 networks wil be
seen
> as a single range for most check wether IP is part of the guest's
> address-space. Only on match of that outer boundary checking of the
idividual
> addresses or the guest is done.
> Mostly missing is the handling of broadcast...
>
> Bruno
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-- 
Chuck
"...and the hordes of M$*ft users descended upon me in their anger,
and asked 'Why do you not get the viruses or the BlueScreensOfDeath
or insecure system troubles and slowness or pay through the nose 
for an OS as *we* do?!!', and I answered...'I use Linux'. "
The Book of John, chapter 1, page 1, and end of book
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