Direct Path for Performance-Sensitive Workloads
Standard Internet-based traffic is connectionless: packets are
routed from one switch to another until they arrive at the
destination. Packets of the same file can take different routes
to the destination, introducing variable latency and the need to
re-assemble the packets at the destination. Direct Connect
supports the use of connection-oriented virtual circuits, meaning
packets arrive in the correct order and latency is minimized. This
improves performance for latency-sensitive applications such as