Technologies for selecting non-minimal paths and throttling port speeds to increase throughput in a network

One or more machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed, cause a node switch to:

• obtain expected performance data indicative of an expected data transfer performance of the node switch;
• obtain measured performance data indicative of a measured data transfer performance of the node switch;
• compare the measured performance data to the expected performance data to determine whether the measured data transfer performance satisfies the expected data transfer performance;
• determine, as a function of whether the measured data transfer performance satisfies the expected data transfer performance, whether to force a unit of data through a non-minimal path to a destination;
• and
• send, in response to a determination to force the unit of data to be sent through a non-minimal path, the unit of data to an output port of the node switch associated with the non-minimal path.

A node switch for increasing throughput in a network, the node switch comprising:

• circuitry for obtaining expected performance data indicative of an expected data transfer performance of the node switch;
• circuitry for obtaining measured performance data indicative of a measured data transfer performance of the node switch;
• circuitry for comparing the measured performance data to the expected performance data to determine whether the measured data transfer performance satisfies the expected data transfer performance;
• means for determining, as a function of whether the measured data transfer performance satisfies the expected data transfer performance, whether to force a unit of data through a non-minimal path to a destination;
• and
• circuitry for sending, in response to a determination to force the unit of data to be sent through a non-minimal path, the unit of data to an output port of the node switch associated with the non-minimal path.

A method for increasing throughput in a network, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a node switch, expected performance data indicative of an expected data transfer performance of the node switch;
• obtaining, by the node switch, measured performance data indicative of a measured data transfer performance of the node switch;
• comparing, by the node switch, the measured performance data to the expected performance data to determine whether the measured data transfer performance satisfies the expected data transfer performance;
• determining, by the node switch and as a function of whether the measured data transfer performance satisfies the expected data transfer performance, whether to force a unit of data through a non-minimal path to a destination;
• and
• sending, by the node switch and in response to a determination to force the unit of data to be sent through a non-minimal path, the unit of data to an output port of the node switch associated with the non-minimal path.