. . . . . . . . . . . . "Specifically, bandwidth can be limited or managed by prioritizing based on various factors, such as, for example: (1) client IP information (layer 4 TCP/IP layer information), (2) NFS information (layer 7) (e.g., user ID, operation types such as read or write, or (3) particular files (e.g., one particular directory may have higher priority than other directories)." .