On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 05:49:26PM +0000, Hefty, Sean wrote: > > When sending from a 10G host to a 1G host, it is easy to overrun the > > receiver, > > leading to packet loss and traffic backing off. Similar problems occur > > when > > a 10G host sends data to a sub-10G virtual circuit, or a 40G host > > sending > > to a 10G host. Packet pacing could control packet injection rate and > > reduces > > network congestion to maximize throughput & minimize network latency. > > Why isn't the path record data and existing mechanisms sufficient to handle this? > Packet pacing allows different combinations of traffic shaping: per-CPU, per-flow and their combinations with better and steady QoS requirements without involving subnet management. Thanks
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