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From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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To: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: kernel messages....
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> >> I don't want to remove it, because it indicates that some
> >> configuration needs to be at least thought about.
> 
> > And that configuration would be?
> 
> The operator needs to consider how best to balance TCP performance
> against memory usage.  If you have a lot of memory, you can set the
> parameters very high and get improved TCP performance on very busy
> machines.  If you don't have a lot of memory, you can set the
> parameters very low and get improved memory utilization.  Under normal
> circumstances, you won't see the message.

Is this documented anywhere except for this email message? *grin*


Nate