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Doesn't the switch network need to all have the same frame sizes set in order for this to be of any value?

If for instance the switches in the network are all configured for 1496 ( I think that's the default ) then when it sees a frame of 8996 it has to break it down into smaller frames (1496) and send them out. Then on the other end, the switch there waits for all the frames to arrive and rebuilds the 8996 frame, then sends it on. All times however many switches get into the transmission.

I may have over simplified the process a bit but I'll bet the TCP switches are not configured for the larger frame sizes nullifying any positives you might have seen.

Another question is the base application on the orginal box. Jim says it's normal on line during the day and large file batch at night. You might need to create two lines one with normal 1496 frames and one with jumbo frames. Optimizing for the large file transfer may kill normal on line performance depending on the network.

Before I would switch the frame size on the main network connection, I'd get some one in with monitoring software to tell you what's going on.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 10/8/2012 12:29 PM, Gqcy wrote:
I can't answer you question on "work best",
but I can say that a month ago we changed our max frame size from
1496 to 5984.
We did it for the same reasons you spoke of, we have nightly batch
processes that FTP lots of data across a dark fibre connection (over
20GB connection).
We haven't noticed any determent in the daily processes, and only
decreased the time of our nightly process by no more than 10%.


On 10/8/2012 10:34 AM, J Franz wrote:
> Our ethernet definitions still have the 1496 max frame size.
> 1Gb ethernets(2), v6r1 (but not fiber)
> Would like to change to 8996 , but network side concerned the higher frame side
> will affect
> app performance with many .net apps accessing our db2.
> We have heavy interactive use in day, and big data export nightly (which is why
> the
>
> idea to increase frame size).
> Any thoughts on what would work best.
> Jim Franz
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