Re: [RAM] The mapping problem: rendezvous points?

David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org> Tue, 08 May 2007 20:17 UTC

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From: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
Subject: Re: [RAM] The mapping problem: rendezvous points?
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 13:16:58 -0700
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Hi,

On May 8, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Dave Thaler wrote:
> I disagree with the word "everything".  The two high level choices  
> are:
>
> PULL: work on-demand (which results in deterministic loss and hence
> adversely affects applications) and cache the result for some time

What applications are adversely affected by a delay in transmitting  
the first packet?  How do such applications work in today's "best  
effort" Internet?

Thanks,
-drc




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