Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:10:51 +0200 From: "Achim Patzner" <ap@bnc.net> To: "Arkadi Shishlov" <arkadi@mebius.lv>, <freebsd-performance@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations? Message-ID: <00ff01c57955$0e5771c0$7000a8c0@bug> References: <000f01c577dd$0b82dad0$fef929d9@multiplay.co.uk><Pine.SOC.4.61.0506232229290.6058@tea.blinkenlights.nl><03bf01c57844$811874a0$fef929d9@multiplay.co.uk><42BBEE70.1050503@centtech.com> <20050624213926.GA7825@mebius.lv>
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From: "Arkadi Shishlov" <arkadi@mebius.lv> > Whats about performance and stability with MTU > 1500? I tried increasing > MTU on my Intel-made servers to speed-up NFS, but both 5.3 em and 2.x > Intel > provided drivers get stuck after some time with interface in OACTIVE > state. The same happened to us too, but I tracked it down to certain built-in NICs on Mainboards. I had good success with NatSemi NICs, too. Especially at even larger MTUs. Achim
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