<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>I think the important point here is that the receive buffers are used to hold received data until it is read by the application. In fact, too small of a receive buffer would cause packets to be discarded outright, regardless of how fast the application can respond. Not knowing how large of a buffer is needed was the problem, not the raw processing power. It doesn't matter how fast I can eat if the server only has very small plates to bring the food every trip from the kitchen.</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 4:02 PM Alex Balashov <<a href="mailto:abalashov@evaristesys.com">abalashov@evaristesys.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Perhaps a simpler way look at it: buffers. It's in the name - they <br>
buffer things.<br>
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