[ale] Higher MTU for 40 GB NICs?

[dev null zero two]

absolutely increase it, it lowers the overhead of TCP. 9000 should be the
default MTU for 10 GB links at a minimum. be wary of packet fragmentation
if they end up somewhere that isn't configured to use that MTU though.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Lightner, Jeffrey <JLightner at dsservices.com>
wrote:

> Is there any intrinsic benefit to using a higher MTU for 40 GB NICs?
>
>
>
> That is, with all other things being equal is there any benefit to setting
> it higher on a 40 GB than on a 10 GB or 1 GB?
>
>
>
> I notice 40 GB defaulted to 1500 just like the 1 GB and 10 GB.
>
>
>
> The only time I’ve mucked with MTU in recent memory was because a vendor
> insisted it would solve a problem.   (It didn’t because the issue wasn’t
> networking in the first place but that is another story.)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential
> information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you
> are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or
> use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful.
> If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply
> immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and
> delete it. Thank you
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.ale.org/pipermail/ale/attachments/20160607/81b5f278/attachment.html>