Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Weird tcp performance differences with 2.0 and 2.2 kernels | From | (Harvey J. Stein) | Date | 13 Feb 1999 22:12:41 +0200 |
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Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> writes:
> The reasoning is simple: Quick ack mode is used to speed up bulk > transfers, and in bulk transfer you don't use small packets. In > other situations we want the full packet saving benefit of delayed > acks. So artifically using small packets is a bad idea.
Nope. I use small packets because I'm using the link for transfers while I'm using it interactively. I don't want my character traffic to queue up behind 1 or more large packets. I also don't want my transfers stalling.
-- Harvey J. Stein BFM Financial Research hjstein@bfr.co.il
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