QUALITY OF SERVICE
PRAESENSA Network Setup
QoS
What is Quality of Service?
Traffic prioritization and management
What is the purpose of QoS?
To provide a specific level of service to an application using the network
‒ Delay variation (minimize latency and achieve good PTP performance under a wider range of conditions)
‒ Aggregate throughput (we need to get a lot of audio through the network)
‒ Packet loss (we need all the audio to arrive)
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PRAESENSA Network Setup
QoS
QoS can help to extend performance further where bandwidth limitations might cause problems
Help to squeeze more out of the infrastructure
Running a link at over 60-70% utilization
Mixing 100Mbps and 1Gbps in the same network
Running shared services network (e.g. audio and video, enterprice IT, etc.)
QoS is not magic, it cannot manufacture better performance
The best QoS available is bandwidth !!
‒ Cheap, plentiful, easy to use
‒ Dante will present a predictable peak load to the system
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PRAESENSA Network Setup
QoS
Key things to remember
Dante devices transmit relatively small, fixed size packets that are “nicely” distributed by the transmitter
This helps to minimize queueing in the switch, and greatly reduces the need for QoS to achieve good performance
Compare it with a check in counter where platinum or gold members can use a priority lane
‒ As long as there are fewer priority customers this works
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