Re: Why so many buffers ?

Hello, >1. Is there any advantage/disadvantage of having many buffers compared to >having one or two only. Usually Data packets come in different sizes, therefor it's efficient to categorize these sizes into predetermined one. For example if you dont have categories of buffers, and only have o

Re: Why so many buffers ?

If you can believe the CIT class, the small, middle, big, very big, large, and huge buffers are used for process switching. These are the buffers that you track with the "show buffers" command. These buffers are in system memory and they generally get used if you have disabled fast switching an

RE: Why so many buffers ?

>Thanks. > > -Original Message- >From: Priscilla Oppenheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:28 AM >To: CCIE TB; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject:Re: Why so many buffers ? > >If you can believe the CIT class, the small, midd