Re: Asynchronous transaction priority

I wrote:
> Another idea is to tune the payload of async write requests or
> read responses. [...] I think this could be implemented solely
> in the application layer without intrusion into the transaction
> layer. [...] Implementation questions arise WRT coordination
> between applications

Thus, a central coordination facility besides the transaction
layer would be required. ("Central" in the scope of one node,
that is.)

> both ideas would only allow for a certain degree
> of priorization of exactly two types of transactions: Asynchronous
> block write requests and asynchronous block read responses.

And a 3rd type: Async streaming.

Strictly spoken, other types of async packets would also be affected
but since their packet sizes are small, throughput effects on them
are negligible.

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Stefan Richter
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