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. :)