[CentOS] 1 Gbit/s Ethernet NIC under CentOS

Peter Kjellström cap at nsc.liu.se
Thu Dec 2 12:28:39 UTC 2010


On Thursday 02 December 2010 12:22:38 Christopher Chan wrote:
> On Thursday, December 02, 2010 06:53 PM, Peter Kjellström wrote:
> > For completeness (since many previous posts have touched on this), we
> > don't use jumbo frames since we have no problem reaching wirespeed with
> > normal 1500 frames.
> 
> Seriously? What switches?

Mostly procurve, but really, 1G eth goes wirespeed almost regardless what you 
do to it nowadays. In fact, I can run wirespeed 10G eth through our cisco, 
procurve and bladnetworks without going jumbo.

IMO lots of people waste time on jumbo frames when there's really no (or very 
little) need.

/Peter
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