Thank you for an excellent analysis and figures, Linda. On 22/05/18 08:35 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
The thing that hurts you the most with small block sizes is the per-block overhead.
We saw this with networks too. Back when networking was over PSTN and unreliable, just like IP over bingo drums or smoke signals (see the relevant RFCs) we had to use smaller packets so the cost of retry was low. Later we had Ethernet and more reliable and increased the size of the packets. The analysis of IP-over-avian-carriers (again see RFC) pointed out that even with high latency/transmission delays reliable, low distortion packets could be quite large. Of course that leads to Vint Cerf's work on Interplanetary Internet. https://www.wired.com/2013/05/vint-cerf-interplanetary-internet/ You might also find "The Practical Ramifications of Interstellar Packet Loss" by William Shunn an amusing read. That recent arrived asteroid form another solar system represents a slow but HUGE packet! -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org