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Re: [tcpm] dctcp

Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Fri, 12 November 2010 20:06 UTC

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On 11/11/2010 3:51 AM, Scheffenegger, Richard wrote:
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> Reading the TSVAREA material, it was also pointed out (storage teaser -
> NFSv4, iSCSI) that TCPM may need to look closer at datacenter
> environments rather soon.

Tuning TCP for private networks (i.e., not using the Internet, or 
competing with Internet flows) seems out of scope for TCPM.

It might not even be relevant elsewhere in the IETF, except as an issue 
of common interest. Protocols running over private networks don't need 
to adhere to standards.

Joe

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