Apparatus, system, and method for dynamically scaling memory for virtual routers

A system comprising:

• a virtualization module, stored in memory, that executes a virtual router that services traffic within in connection with a specific network consumer;
• a routing daemon, stored in memory, that installs, in at least one component of a physical network device that hosts the virtual router, a set of networking objects that facilitate servicing the traffic in connection with the specific network consumer;
• a scaling module, stored in memory, that dynamically scales memory of the virtual router to accommodate a networking need of the specific network consumer by:
• determining an amount of memory that is consumed by the set of networking objects at the component;
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• modifying a configuration file of the virtual router such that the memory of the virtual router is scaled to store the set of networking objects via the component;
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• at least one physical processor configured to execute the virtualization module, the routing daemon, and the scaling module.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least physical storage device that stores a set of networking objects that facilitate servicing traffic in connection with a specific network consumer;
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• at least one physical processor communicatively coupled to the physical storage device, wherein the physical processor:
• executes a virtual router that services traffic in connection with a specific network consumer;
• and
• dynamically scales memory of the virtual router to accommodate a networking need of the specific network consumer by:
• installing the set of networking objects in at least one component of a physical network device that hosts the virtual router;
• determining an amount of memory that is consumed by the set of networking objects at the component;
• and
• modifying a configuration file of the virtual router such that the memory of the virtual router is scaled to store the set of networking objects via the component.