On 12/02/2010 04:28 AM, Peter Kjellström wrote: > IMO lots of people waste time on jumbo frames when there's really no (or > very little) need. That depends on the protocols in use and your TCP window configuration. Streaming protocols like HTTP may benefit less from jumbo frames (except, as has been noted, for reduced CPU use) in some configurations, but latency-sensitive protocols like CIFS and NFS will benefit greatly.