TCP incast: What is it? How can it affect Erlang applications? | Hacker News

Computer Science includes research into networking. TCP incast is a way of describing network traffic statistical properties, particularly in data centers [1]A typical CS student's view of the network is that "everything is so random that it averages out." The exact opposite is actually the case most often, to the chagrin of your local network admin. Network traffic tends to act like everyone knew