What is the difference between latency, bandwidth and throughput?
Latency is the time one request takes, for data to go out and a response to come back. Bandwidth is the maximum data a link can carry per second. Throughput is the amount actually delivered per second. A fat pipe with a long round trip still feels slow for small requests.
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Reducing Latency: Find the Layer First, Then Pull the Right LeverNetwork, processing, database and rendering delay need different fixes. Caching, CDNs, indexes, async work, compression, connection reuse and tail latency.
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