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Re: [ledbat] list of reasons for needing multiple TCP connections

Caitlin Bestler <cait@asomi.com> Thu, 20 November 2008 22:54 UTC

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Joe Touch wrote:
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> Hi, Robb,
> 
> Appreciating the following, this isn't intended as an application
> protocol, so we can't assume it would apply only to P2P. I.e., we need a
> solution that can be used for any application, and there are several
> applications that DO use multiple connections to increase bandwidth in
> the typical case.
> 

As a point of reference, part of the justification for doing iSCSI
over multiple TCP connections within a session was because "It
might be impossible to achieve the full bandwidth capability
of the underlying physical transport by using a single TCP
connection."

[http://storageconference.org/2003/papers/19-Meth-Design.pdf
section 2.2]




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