On Sat, 28 Aug 2010, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > On 28.08.2010 00:46, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: >> >>> I would like to set up LVS to provide maximum possible throughput for >>> _incoming_ FTP traffic (up to 20 Gb/s). >>> >>> >>> With only outgoing traffic, the setup would be easy: just set up >>> everything in DR mode, and any outgoing traffic would go directly to the >>> internet. >> >> a common misconception with tcpip is that its throughput is >> measured in bps. It's a packet delivery system and the rate >> of delivery of packets is independant of the packet size. >> Each 1500byte data packet has to be ACK'ed, so the speed is >> going to be the same whether you're uploading or >> downloading > > Not with DR (when you have i.e. 10 Gbit link, 1 Gbit realservers and 1 > Gbit directors).
Are you saying that packets going over two links of different speed, will pass faster in one direction than in the reverse direction? Joe -- Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina jmack (at) wm7d (dot) net - azimuthal equidistant map generator at http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux! _______________________________________________ Please read the documentation before posting - it's available at: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - [email protected] Send requests to [email protected] or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users
