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C10G in 2028?

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The C10M problem

It's time for servers to handle 10 million simultaneous connections, don't you think? After all, computers now
have 1000 times the memory as 15 years ago when the first started handling 10 thousand connections.

Today (2013), $1200 will buy you a computer with 8 cores, 64 gigabytes of RAM, 10-gbps Ethernet, and a
solid state drive. Such systems should be able to handle:

- 10 million concurrent connections

- 10 gigabits/second

- 10 million packets/second

- 10 microsecond latency

- 10 microsecond jitter

- 1 million connections/second

Such systems already exist. We call them "hardware" or "devices". But in recent years, devices have become
just software running on general purpose computers. Rip open a network device and you might find a personal
computer inside. The limits of scalability aren't our hardware, but the software, specifically, the operating
system.

The C10M problem

It's time for servers to handle 10 million simultaneous connections, don't you think? After all, computers now
have 1000 times the memory as 15 years ago when the first started handling 10 thousand connections.

Today (2013), $1200 will buy you a computer with 8 cores, 64 gigabytes of RAM, 10-gbps Ethernet, and a
solid state drive. Such systems should be able to handle:

- 10 million concurrent connections

- 10 gigabits/second

- 10 million packets/second

- 10 microsecond latency

- 10 microsecond jitter

- 1 million connections/second

Such systems already exist. We call them "hardware" or "devices". But in recent years, devices have become
just software running on general purpose computers. Rip open a network device and you might find a personal
computer inside. The limits of scalability aren't our hardware, but the software, specifically, the operating
system.

Nov 20, 2023, 10:57

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Ivan Reese . @spiralganglion, @mastodon.social

@omar C10T is fun to think about.

Nov 20, 2023, 11:17

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