On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:56 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patr...@ianai.net> wrote:
> On Sep 1, 2017, at 5:26 AM, Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: > > > > i have 142 largish bgp customers, a large enough number that the number > > of prefixes i receive from them varies annoyingly. how do i reasonably > > automate setting of my outbound prefix limit? > > First, it seems you know the inbound so automating the outbound is simple > arithmetic. > > I would have said the same... i ought to know high-water marks for your inbound peer count(s), and can work out a +20% outbound... you also probably can survey your outbound peerings and +20% some high-water mark there, or make a 'meet in the middle' between the inbound-math and outbound-math. > But even if that is unruly, setting the outbound to, say, 300K or so would > keep you from spilling a full table. Not perfect, but better than nothing. > > Orrrrrr, perhaps this feature is not for you? > > -- > TTFN, > patrick > >
