Question 800
An application experiences 20 ms average latency but bursts to 250 ms during each storage transfer, causing user complaints. Which ongoing operational safeguard best reduces the chance of recurrence?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This is a continuing control for the failure mode in which an acceptable mean obscures severe queueing spikes correlated with bulk traffic. It complements the immediate fix instead of relying on a one-off correction.
Incorrect Answers
That control is useful for a different failure, such as when a large class sends video traffic through a 1 Gbps uplink attached to multiple multigigabit APs and the uplink becomes saturated. It would leave the present failure mode insufficiently addressed.
That control is useful for a different failure, such as when a video conferencing application uses DSCP AF41, but a policy rewrites all traffic to best effort at the distribution layer. It would leave the present failure mode insufficiently addressed.
That control is useful for a different failure, such as when a wireless network has high airtime consumption from low legacy data rates despite moderate user counts. It would leave the present failure mode insufficiently addressed.