Joseph L. Casale | 2 Apr 2010 18:36

Re: Is nit worth setting up jumbo Ethernet frames on the cluster interconnect link?

>On the other hand, if you are using Ethernet for storage, you almost certainly want jumbo frames on any such interfaces.

Can't say I agree with a simple broad statement like that.
Rather than restate what smarter people than me have already done, here
is a quote from a dev in the IET list I have come to trust:

http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-Performance-increase-p10218304.html

Test with and without, simply enabling jumbo's isn't certainly going to
help, it may or may not.


Gmane