Re: 1 Gbit/s Ethernet NIC under CentOS

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On 12/03/2010 03:48 PM, Ross Walker wrote:
>
> If the protocol is latency sensitive then jumbo frames are BAD as it
> adds more latency because frames take longer to fill, longer to
> transmit and thus other conversations have to wait longer (poor
> pipelining/interlacing).
>
> CIFS/NFS aren't really latency sensitive protocols though. If a
> protocol has a big TCP window then it will not tend to be latency
> sensitive.

I measure better throughput on NFS with jumbo frames than without. 
Measurement trumps assertions. :)
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