Re: limit for number of objects in notifications

["C. M. Heard" <heard@pobox.com>]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Juergen Quittek wrote:
> While designing a MIB module for MIDCOM, we are discussing how
> many objects we should stuff into a single notification.
> 
> Is there a recommended maximum value for standard MIBs.
> 
> I checked all MIB modules in RFCs since 1997 and there is no
> notification exceeding the record of 12 objects set by RFC 2925
> (remops MIB).

As far as I am aware, the only constraint that needs to be taken
into account is how many varbinds can fit into a PDU.  The minimum
maximum size that a conformant SNMP implementation has to support is
484 bytes.  My understanding is that most agents support more.

Mike