On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:43 AM Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 23:35:53 -0800 > Dave Taht <d...@taht.net> wrote: > > > > As someone who works with moving packets, it's perplexing to me to > > > interact with transport peeps who seem enormously focused on > > > "goodput". My personal opinion is that most people would be better off > > > with 80% of their available bandwidth being in use without any > > > noticable buffer induced delay, as opposed to the transport protocol > > > doing its damndest to fill up the link to 100% and sometimes failing > > > and inducing delay instead. > > The problem is that any protocol is mostly blind to the underlying network > (and that can change). To use dave's analogy it is like being put in > the driver seat of a vehicle blind folded. When you step on the gas you > don't know if it is a dragster, jet fighter, or a soviet tractor. The only > way a protocol can tell is based on the perceived inertia and when > it runs into things...
coffee. blown through nose. thx! I'm still chuckling - 'because I also referenced a church. You sit in a pew, and *pray* for something good to happen. > _______________________________________________ > Bloat mailing list > Bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat -- Dave Täht CTO, TekLibre, LLC http://www.teklibre.com Tel: 1-831-205-9740 _______________________________________________ Bloat mailing list Bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat
