•Break
2.5Gbits/s limit
•Disk-to-disk
throughput & useful applications
–Need faster
cpus (extra 60% MHz/Mbits/s over TCP for disk to disk), understand how to use multi-processors
•Evaluate new stacks
with real-world links, and other equipment
–Other
NICs
–Response to
congestion, pathologies
–Fairnesss
–Deploy for
some major (e.g. HENP/Grid) customer applications
•Understand how to make
10GE NICs work well with 1500B MTUs
•Move from
“hero” demonstrations to commonplace