Csep-561-Reading-6C

Bufferbloat: Dark Buffers in the Internet

• The problem Jim Gettys is describing is the same as that outlined by the Google group - since memory is cheap, people have increased their bufer queue sizes trying to eke out performance, when really they are hurting overall network performance.
• Jim calls these "dark buffers" because you don't see them until they start to fill.
• This was a fun read, with the metaphors and whatnot.