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ComputingComputer ScienceComputer SystemsCloud Performance OptimizationDistributed SystemsQueuing TheoryCongestion ControlDistributed ComputingDistributed SchedulingLatency OptimizationResource SchedulingScalable Algorithm DesignCongestion Control ProtocolsDatacenter Congestion ControlDeadlinesFair Resource SharingFlow SchedulingLow-latency NetworkingPath DiversityShortest Job First Scheduling
Today's data centers face extreme challenges in providing low latency. However, fair sharing, a principle commonly adopted in current congestion control protocols, is far from optimal for satisfying latency requirements.
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