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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Average case performance vs. Worst-case guarantee
> When an ISP buys a router does it want a worst-case guarantee about the > router's capabilities? Or will it buy a router which can give better > performance in the average case (it may drop some packets if the traffic > pattern changes suddenly)? Assuming both cost the same. Worst case guarantee is necessary in many cases. Easy example: A router that can handle an STM-1 of regular Internet traffic is worthless to us if it dies in the face of an STM-1 with minimum sized attack traffic. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected]
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