Re: [Nolug] Linux network optimizations

On Tue January 25 2011 8:45 pm, Lee S. Whatley wrote:
> On Jan 25, 2011, at 8:21 PM, Petri Laihonen wrote:
> > net.core.rmem_default = 524288
> > net.core.rmem_max = 524288
> > net.core.wmem_default = 524288
> > net.core.wmem_max = 524288
> > net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 87380 524288
> > net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 524288
> > net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 524288 524288 524288
>
> I'm curious where you got these numbers from, specifically the 524K
> buffer size number. Most of the things I've read on tcp/ip
> optimization suggest much larger numbers, like 16 or 32 MB (i.e.
> 16777216 versus 524288) for your buffer sizes.

I read last week about bufferbloat... setting larger buffers would add to the
effect, no?

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