Adding 'oomph' to your network

摘要

Some companies operate finely tuned environments with network packets humming along at a disciplined pace; others operate at a halting cadence on shared media and cabling from the first Bush Administration. Whichever camp you're in, check out these tips from corporate IT veterans and industry experts for kicking the network up a notch: 1. Go jumbo. Users could squeeze more performance out of their networks with jumbo frames technology. Switches and network interface cards (NIC) configured to support jumbo frames can process packets larger than the IEEE-standard size of 1.5K bits. Some equipment supports packets as large as 9K bits, but there is no standard packet size for jumbo frames.