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Technology Stocks : The *NEW* Frank Coluccio Technology Forum
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To: aladin who wrote (34710)7/31/2010 10:03:09 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio  Read Replies (1) of 46821
 
aladin,

I can see where a one-size-fits-all 'best practices' cult might have an influence here, but doesn't equalizing all cable lengths play adversely to the sum effect of all latencies, given the familiar delay skew dynamic of slowing down all links in order to be as slow as the slowest one? Are you suggesting that time-varying delay and jitter are attributable to different cable lengths? I hardly think so, but just wondering. Ordinarily, delay and jitter (where jitter can be discussed in many different contexts) result from time-varying properties of inter-networks caused by unpredictable buffering delays, the use of multiple routes possessing different route costs during packet flight, etc.

I could see the cable lengths having more weight if precise synchronization among all elements in the rack assemblies is critical. Is that the case? Or is it, as you noted, merely a manifestation of an anal trait that some circles of IT are known for? TIA.

FAC

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