On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 15:36 +1000, Gavin Carr wrote:
> 
> What I'd _really_ like, though, (and haven't found any explicit
> references 
> to yet) is like (3) but actually duplicating packets down multiple
> links, a 
> sort of 'network raid 1' where (3) is network raid 0. In other words, 
> something that transparently splits a stream into multiple duplicate
> streams 
> down separate links, which are then merged/multiplexed at the other
> end, and
> duplicates discarded. Effectively trading bandwidth for latence,
> given 
> multiple links.
> 
> Anyone heard of anything at all like that? Or am I crazy?

For a single direction:
Standard end host behaviour is to discard duplicates; which can occur
naturally (though not commonly). As for duplicating the outbound packets
onto multiple links, you can probably roll-your-own with a little bit of
userspace hackery; I'd start with the LARTC as a starting point.

-Rob

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