Greg Ercolano wrote:
If you've got a network large enough to where it slows your
server down, you may want to consider some kind of network
flow control at the switches, so that the workstations have
higher priority to the network than the farm.
Many Cisco routers have this, BTW.
They refer to this as QOS (Quality Of Service) prioritization.
There may be other terms for it.
Made popular because of VoIP, and other high volume data
streaming apps.
I believe some of the more sophisticated switches have
prioritization as well, where you can set priorities
at the individual ports, so that workstations and server
can be given higher priority than the farm.
I don't know specifics, I just hear rumors ;)
Has anyone on the group played with this stuff, and has
any stories to tell?
I know some of my larger customers have played with that
stuff with success, but I've never received particular
hardware or 'best config' recommendations.