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> Does anyone have resources for someone who doesn't know that much about networking justifying these statements? This introduction on queues in the linux netw
by ignoramous 5y ago
> Does anyone have resources for someone who doesn't know that much about networking justifying these statements?
This introduction on queues in the linux network stack is pretty neat: http://www.coverfire.com/articles/queueing-in-the-linux-network-stack/ http://www.coverfire.com/articles/queueing-in-the-linux-netw...
While apenwarr themselves have written a bit about bandwidth v latency, featuring bufferbloat and fq_codel: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20180808 https://apenwarr.ca/log/20180808
> Why do we know these things? Why are they true?
Some of the deduced insights can be traced in queueing theory: https://kottke.org/19/01/its-time-for-some-queueing-theory https://kottke.org/19/01/its-time-for-some-queueing-theory As always, the hardwork is in figuring out the right balance given cause and effect (which are time-consuming, if not hard, to deduce in the first place).
See also: A recent discussion on the topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29220338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29220338