Traffic jams happen every day, all across the world. Too many vehicles competing for the same stretch of road, gated by flow control devices like stop signs and traffic lights, conspire to ensnare drivers in a vicious web of metal and plastic and cell phones. In the technology world, networking traffic is notoriously plagued by traffic jams, resulting in all sorts of havoc, including delayed web pages, slow email downloads, robotic VOIP and choppy YouTube videos. (Oh, the humanity!)
Under load, the default buffer size used the by the virtual switch may
provide inadequate buffer and result in packet loss. We recommend
increasing the VM bus receive buffer from 1Mb to 2Mb....