How Juniper Networks is using FIB compression in some routers to handle the internet tables size growth?
Since Junos 21.2, it’s already enabled by default in some of our routers and more will use this feature in 2023.
Learn how it works, the limitations, the platforms, and verify its efficiency in this video completing the TechPost article:
https://community.juniper.net/blogs/nicolas-fevrier/2022/09/19/ptx-fib-compression
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0:00 • Intro
0:37 • Key concepts (FIB, Current BGP table size and growth, …)
2:04 • FIB compression principles
4:58 • Examples
6:38 • Products supporting FIB compression
7:03 • Support and limitations
7:40 • Hardware implementation and processes involved
8:05 • Best case scenario with a unique Next-Hop address for all public routes
8:57 • Efficiency of the compression in live networks
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