On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Hank Nussbacher wrote: > Nanosecond Trading Could Make Markets Go Haywire > http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/high-speed-trading/ > > "Below the 950-millisecond level, where computerized trading occurs so > quickly that human traders can't even react, no fewer than 18,520 > crashes and spikes occurred." > > Anyone who has managed a network knows that when you look at your > MRTG/Cacti graphs at 5min, 10min ,15min intervals - all looks well. > Start looking at 1sec intervals and you will see spikes that hit 100% of > capacity - even on networks running at 25% average utilization. > > I guess trading and networking do have many unseen similarities.
Tieing the two together, this post shows how a lot of 'conventional' network thinking needs to be turned on its head when it comes to networks for trading floors: http://www.fragmentationneeded.net/2011/12/pricing-and-trading-networks-down-is-up.html Jethro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jethro R Binks, Network Manager, Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263.
