https://network-janitor.net/tags/dcb/Recent content in DCB on Network JanitorHugoenWed, 02 Feb 2011 02:29:12 +0000https://network-janitor.net/2011/02/dcb-how-to-engineer-your-way-out-of-a-poor-architecture-decision/Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:29:12 +0000https://network-janitor.net/2011/02/dcb-how-to-engineer-your-way-out-of-a-poor-architecture-decision/<p>I recently gave a presentation to the New Zealand Network Operators Group (NZNOG) 2011 conference on &ldquo;Data Centre 3.0&rdquo;. During my research over the last 8 months coupled with the fact checking I had been following up during the creation of the slides, I kept asking myself:</p> <blockquote>"Would we need all these protocols if we, as an industry, had made better technology implementation decisions?"</blockquote> <p>I understand the background and requirements for some of the different technology proposals, particularly Layer 2 Multi-path and the various Data Centre Bridging (DCB) QoS standards, but I cant help but feel that we are trying to bring features of the higher layer protocols down into Layer 2.</p>