In 2010 the drive for low latency will be a key arena in the battle for technological supremacy between derivatives traders. But how do you actually measure latency, and how do you tell your microbursts from your packet loss?
Ostensibly, the bigger bandwidth the better, but is it really worth coughing up extra cash for 10 gigabits/second of bandwidth, or is 1 Gbit/s enough? And what if, perish the thought, you have to make do with 100 Mbit/s?
Research by Fergal Toomey, chief scientist at Corvil,...