Re: [Banana] Reaching Consensus on Problem Statement

[Michael Menth <[e-mail]>]

Hi Mingui,

Am 03.02.2017 um 10:40 schrieb Mingui Zhang:
>> I can imagine that the load balancing option (per-packet or per-flow) may be
>> minor. Both may be justified for performance reasons depending on networking
>> conditions. Therefore, I wouldn't rule out per-flow load balancing but a priority
>> on per-packet may be reasonable to start with.
> 
> But there are solutions for per-flow load sharing already. Think about the widely used and standardized hashing methods. I think it’s non-necessary to mention per-flow load sharing issue in the problem statement. Otherwise, the problem statement would look like encouraging reinventing something.
That is right. But they may be inefficient in the presence of only a few
flows as they are distributed randomly accross paths without respecting
available resources. I can imagine that this situation could benefit
from Banana. It's certainly not a primary goal for Banana, but a
solution also solving this inefficiency could be a plus.

Regards,

Michael