[Bloat] Network computing article on bloat

[Wesley Eddy]

On 4/27/2011 1:10 PM, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 13:21, Wesley Eddy<wes at mti-systems.com>  wrote:
>> Ideally, you may have a path with ample bandwidth such that packet
>> losses don't occur and all connections are either application limited or
>> receive window limited and congestion control never kicks in.  In this
>> case, there's no loss and the Internet clearly works.
>
> This situation is not really "ideal" because it indicates an
> unbalanced system -- you've probably spent too much on link bandwidth
> and not enough on end system performance.
>
>

Many applications are inherently limited in max rate; e.g. VoIP and
video streams with fixed-rate codecs, telemetry, etc.

The elevator pitch should  be that optimizing for low loss is harmful
and needs to be balanced with optimizing latency.  It should not be
saying that loss is required.

-- 
Wes Eddy
MTI Systems