Question 1000
An application experiences 20 ms average latency but bursts to 250 ms during each storage transfer, causing user complaints. Which first diagnostic check is most useful before changing the network?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This check collects evidence at the layer implicated by the symptom: an acceptable mean obscures severe queueing spikes correlated with bulk traffic. Examine the evidence before choosing the corrective change.
Incorrect Answers
This would be a reasonable check when a wireless network has high airtime consumption from low legacy data rates despite moderate user counts, but is less direct for the issue at hand: an acceptable mean obscures severe queueing spikes correlated with bulk traffic.
This would be a reasonable check when a wireless voice call has low RSSI but the WLAN team tries to repair it solely with DSCP priority rules, but is less direct for the issue at hand: an acceptable mean obscures severe queueing spikes correlated with bulk traffic.
This would be a reasonable check when a large class sends video traffic through a 1 Gbps uplink attached to multiple multigigabit APs and the uplink becomes saturated, but is less direct for the issue at hand: an acceptable mean obscures severe queueing spikes correlated with bulk traffic.