--On onsdag, onsdag 4 feb 2009 17.44.20 -0500 Ricky Beam <jfb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:29:36 -0500, Skeeve Stevens <ske...@skeeve.org> > wrote: >> I agree... I'd love to know where they got that from... who even wrote >> it? > > I see you've never done business with EDS. They've been using 1/8 for > over a decade. Also, over the years, I've seen a number of universities > and supercomputing facilities number nodes out of 1/8 -- however, those > systems are never supposed to see the internet anyway, so they could > technically number them however they want. Personally, I've used 1/8 in > lab setups. Last time I built a supercomputer (as in a cluster of run-of-the-mill servers) RIPE gave us a /21 -- I wanted a /20 for the expected upgrade but was told I had to reapply. The compute nodes need to read files from AFS from CERN or another university, so NAT'ing them is so not an option. -- Måns Nilsson M A C H I N A Sign my PETITION.
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