[Beowulf] Performance tuning for Jumbo Frames
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Håkon Bugge h-bugge at online.noSat Dec 12 03:27:48 PST 2009
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On Dec 12, 2009, at 7:59 , Rahul Nabar wrote: > I have seen a considerable performance boost for my codes by using > Jumbo Frames. But are there any systematic tools or strategies to > select the optimum MTU size? I have it set as 9000. (Of course, all > switiching hardware supports jumbo frames and no talking to the > external world required of the interfaces) Have you guys found > performance to be MTU sensitive? Once (i.e. several years ago) I tested an application on Gbe and found that around 1/3rd of the MTU was the optimum. But I guess YMMV. Håkon
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