Re: [Fsp-users] Do you want faster FSP?

[Geoffrey T. D. <da...@da...>]

On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 00:58, Radim Kolar SF.NET wrote:
> I could make FSP speed comparable to TCP speed by increasing packet size.
> After some experiments, increasing FSP packet to 2*MSS (MSS is 1440 for Ethernet) gives the best results.
> 
> Because large UDP packets needs to be fragmented there are no-go for networks
> with higher packet loss.
> 
> This change will not breaks compatibility with old FSP tools, because server
> will send larger packet only if requested by client. I could enable this
> feature in the next beta.

I don't see how compatibility is broken.
Shouldn't any increase in packet size be controlled by the client side?
(The client is more aware of the link condition, dropped packet 
statistics, etc... in any case.)


> Anybody needs FASTER FSP? I am currently using packet size 700 for my fspd
> to keep line free for other traffic.

It's not of big importance to me.

If you do want to work on larger packet sizes, you may want to work
on adaptive algorithms, whereby the client increases/decreases
packet size on the fly depending on packet loss and packet latency.