# Table dumps for the benchmarks

`cargo bench -p bgp-bench --bench real_table` runs on a real routing table:
a dump of every route that the peers of a route collector had announced to
it. The dumps are large and are not checked in. Fetch one into this
directory:

```bash
curl -O https://data.ris.ripe.net/rrc03/2026.09/bview.20260915.0000.gz
```

That is RIPE RIS collector `rrc03`, which peers at AMS-IX: about 340 MB,
3.4 GB uncompressed. Any `bview` file from <https://data.ris.ripe.net/> or
a RouteViews RIB works; the most recent `.gz` here is used, or the one named
by `BENCH_MRT`.

The benchmark needs memory in proportion to the dump. `BENCH_PEERS=8`
limits it to the eight peers with the most routes.