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Relativity Bandwidth Tester


In the Document Viewer in Relativity, below to the right of the document image you'll find a little utility you can use to test the bandwidth strength of your network connection.

The little icon used to launch the bandwidth tester looks like a computer screen with a lightning bolt on the left side.

It can perform both latency tests and download tests. A latency test measures the time in milliseconds it takes for a byte to reach its destination on the network. A download test will measure how data gets transferred per second. You can choose specified payload size between 1 MB and 100 MB, and you can opt to perform between 1 and 10 tests, to come up with an average.

A latency test is similar to a ping test, but a ping test measures the roundtrip speed for a packet to travel from sending computer to another computer across a network. [A packet can contain range of a different number of bytes. See the June 16, 2016 Tip of the Night.] Latency speeds can vary based on the distance between a user and a server, the operating systems being used, and overhead protocol [the routing information aside from the actual message.] You can choose to perform anywhere between 1 and 500 latency tests. A latency speed of less than 100 milliseconds is usually considered sufficient.

So to be clear, the latency test is how long it takes a packet to travel from the source to the destination, but a download test is how much data can be transferred in a second.


Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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