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From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Michael Meltzer wrote:

> Not knowing but wondering:
> With Gigabit Ethernet and NFS in the mix, anything that gets latency out is
> a very good thing :-) and would improve performance.
>
> MJM

Even in those cases, the increased resolution will not help you.  10ms is
more than good enough for our TCP stack's use.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack


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