Network transmit time is almost irrelevant. It takes orders of magnitude more time to call the kernel, copy data, and reschedule after the operation completes than the wiretime.
This paradox was the impetus behind Infiniband, virtual adapters, and a host of other paradigm changes that never caught on.
This paradox was the impetus behind Infiniband, virtual adapters, and a host of other paradigm changes that never caught on.