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Rate Pace To Reduce Packet Loss

Rate Pace is a TCP Express™ feature that you should be using. Most TCP profile options have difficult tradeoffs. When we introduced Rate Pace in F5® TMOS® 11.5.0, it was unquestionably better for thr...
Published Jun 03, 2016
Version 1.0
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I work in the Office of the CTO on both F5's standards engagement process in general, and specifically on the application of transport-layer innovation to F5's product line. F5 sponsors my service as Transport Area Director at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), where I help to administer standards development worldwide.
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zipzip_65424
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Sep 12, 2016

Hi Mike,

 

Is it possible to in the future to consider "rate-pace-max-rate" to only be applied when congestion is noticed rather than all the time?

 

We see specific sites being congested in peak periods, and would prefer to maximise the bandwidth any other time.

 

thanks, nick