> Meanwhile, the internet will be over here, still sending 1500 bytes at a time.
Is this part true? Aren’t the larger data center interconnects using 9000 bytes internally? Also, wouldn’t fat large distance links be using larger packets? I would have thought that a 4% wire overhead (and who knows how much CPU) would have pushed people away from 1500 for anything but last mile.
Is this part true? Aren’t the larger data center interconnects using 9000 bytes internally? Also, wouldn’t fat large distance links be using larger packets? I would have thought that a 4% wire overhead (and who knows how much CPU) would have pushed people away from 1500 for anything but last mile.