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> IPv6 can work side by side with IPv4 on the servers, but it cannot replace IPv4. Facebook is famously IPv6-only internally (and as of 2016, 60% of user traff
by throw0101c 3y ago
> IPv6 can work side by side with IPv4 on the servers, but it cannot replace IPv4.
Facebook is famously IPv6-only internally (and as of 2016, 60% of user traffic was IPv6-only):
* https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/deploy360/2014/case-study-facebook-moving-to-an-ipv6-only-internal-network/ https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/deploy360/2014/cas...
* https://engineering.fb.com/2017/01/17/production-engineering/legacy-support-on-ipv6-only-infra/ https://engineering.fb.com/2017/01/17/production-engineering...
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU_24f6Wr7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU_24f6Wr7E
Microsoft and Google are IPv6-only single-stack (or moving in that direction) on their internal corporate networks:
* https://www.arin.net/blog/2019/04/03/microsoft-works-toward-ipv6-only-single-stack-network/ https://www.arin.net/blog/2019/04/03/microsoft-works-toward-...
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd0vgU6WbPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd0vgU6WbPo
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb98hAb5_W8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb98hAb5_W8
Also Wells Fargo:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzTWjNUb4H4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzTWjNUb4H4
The main 'advantage' IPv4 has is inertia.
- pif 3y ago> The main 'advantage' IPv4 has is inertia. That's correct, but it was an idiocy to underestimate it. Reality always wins.