Recovery flushing for a network packet dispatcher

摘要

A system and method for purging data packets in a network is provided. The method in one aspect includes monitoring an outbound queue for one or more selected packets to be pulled from the outbound queue. The method may further include waiting for a predetermined amount of time for the selected packets to enter a retry queue and monitoring the retry queue for the selected packets to be pulled from the retry queue. The method may also include determining if the selected packets pulled from the retry queue meet one or more specified criteria and purging the selected packets if the specified criteria is met. The method may further include returning to the step of monitoring an outbound queue if another purge signal is received.