From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bifrost.lang.hm (mail.lang.hm [64.81.33.126]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86C6421F3AB for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:27:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from asgard.lang.hm (asgard.lang.hm [10.0.0.100]) by bifrost.lang.hm (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id s6INRIAE028106; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:27:18 -0700 Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:27:18 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm To: Jim Reisert AD1C In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Fastpass: A Centralized "Zero-Queue" Datacenter Network X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 23:27:20 -0000 On Fri, 18 Jul 2014, David Lang wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jul 2014, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > >> "Fastpass is a datacenter network framework that aims for high >> utilization with zero queueing. It provides low median and tail >> latencies for packets, high data rates between machines, and flexible >> network resource allocation policies. The key idea in Fastpass is >> fine-grained control over packet transmission times and network >> paths." >> >> Read more at.... >> >> http://fastpass.mit.edu/ > > > and all it takes is making one central point aware of all the communications > that is going to take place so that it can coordinate everything. > > That is sure to scale to an entire datacenter, and beyond that to the > Internet > by the way, this wasn't intended to be an attack on Jim or anyone else, please continue posting such links. It's important to know about even the bad ones so that you aren't blindsided by someone referring to them. David Lang