Large Packet Streams

Large Packet Streams
MLS tends to work better when the packet stream is fairly large. If a user is browsing the corporate
intranet, they might be getting information from multiple servers located in various
areas. This is a common problem associated with all forms of caching. But if that same user is
downloading a file via FTP, it is easy to see that the hundreds of fragments are all coming from
the same place and going to the same place. Only the initial fragment needs to be routed; the
rest of them are layer 3 switched.
So for the best results, use MLS when large files are accessed or when the same type of information
is accessed on a frequent basis. Users checking their e-mail every minute is an example
of an application that generates small but frequent packets.