Hi, folks.
I've previously only ever worked with QoS systems that allow you simply to assign priorities to traffic types and handle the bandwidth allocation dynamically for you. The methodology used by Astaro - while no doubt more professional and comprehensive - is causing my brain to explode.
I guess I just don't understand how it works. If I "reserve" 50% of my bandwidth for high priority traffic like RDP and games, what happens to that "reserved" bandwidth if I'm not RDP'ing or gaming? Does it go to waste, or is it distributed among other protocols that are active at the time. If it's reallocated, how is the reallocation prioritized among the other protocols?
And if I only actually need 10% for a single RDP session, will Astaro still reserve the full 50% (i.e. let 40% go to waste)?
All I really want is to prioritize P2P traffic to the bottom of the heap, FTP slightly higher, then "regular" stuff like web/email, etc, and finally RDP/VNC/SSH and games at the top of the heap. I want my torrent client to be able to use the whole pipe while we sleep, but when I'm working from home during the day, or we're gaming in the evenings, I want that traffic to take priority at the expense of the torrents.
A simple explanation or example would go a long way to helping me grok this new (to me) paradigm. I was quite surprised to find that there is absolutely nothing under QoS in the Astaro KnowledgeBase.
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