[j-nsp] Speed

[Benny Amorsen]

Saku Ytti <saku at ytti.fi> writes:

> This highlights the fact that you should not test network with TCP, always
> UDP, with TCP there are so many things to go wrong which are not network
> related, UDP is much more reliable indication that problem actually may be
> in the network.

UDP tests can be too generous on the network. A stream of perfectly
spaced UDP packets will not show problems with microbursts. Almost all
bulk transfer protocols are TCP, so it is important to test with TCP.


/Benny