From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 2795 invoked from network); 10 Mar 2023 00:24:01 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Mar 2023 00:24:01 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19FAF41372; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:23:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qt1-x82d.google.com (mail-qt1-x82d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::82d]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC45441371 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:23:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qt1-x82d.google.com with SMTP id l13so4131889qtv.3 for ; Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:23:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; t=1678407831; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=6TaP4VBvDThd5Ma/GBQI7kq470jao7EWnn24P3F9KLA=; b=iFL8NU+tMqJpD5G8P5gJc2E6hD831KfdK9OQU3ytP0vmAD1ks4ZZumh6MfhDGZ8YWI Tj2I1dUms7GNs/s+Nccq59dc7xzk1MKZIkdSYpJHv0TegXyjnzTfy+FlQHhqRHKDvV+C WVvQSR+PlAxgRgYHd3UnwzmhvzBkvD9vbL75Sfm0bnUEYQ579XCCj9msQ5WOMK0xnvVA 0M2U176veBJezJGOJuvxIH2sWz5xJHSsfXArbJ8+75ftBLctFfr15qxmGpZMJVVmN0Cq MdMgZXGdDmW7rC2ONfue/kyz73aSjrsm3hi6RzzEYspJfoJhsVJHL5/hUJfruivX0M11 rzOQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1678407831; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=6TaP4VBvDThd5Ma/GBQI7kq470jao7EWnn24P3F9KLA=; b=di0/kKB74Mev0Ky+fYoEVa/mtFtPL2NV6qkqDD+k0ih5tbarVep4EHm0Obk2LhUdlY y8qc1WJZu0ZnBmbXfDYoi0JzIuucW87SHuazFMKysnnLuc3TBl3Al9DS0DJ4JgGPXejS SbuS4aMd0O0RUPPnha84+7A5T9mRIIk9zFYrODmeGcIQLsMR9WwH1CC6X9BfkjLBwK1s Z0+w+4r/wTxU3ad5sF2dhgtO+7CMHy9KaABAxesVkmERL4hLO/QUz8L4yK8FmYKRAWix uCrqO9AcqEA4nshNXEXbkS/RxfjXMygqtdcwIXetJPdZBTRQIfxM+SLyhp7OFgOn5eLc gWTg== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKWUWiPuMv5UWxxQKa3leBTtX16SctruNP8No+Cs0OJIen7jS8Ci mUrA+vZC9LyiSVAnPq7JmLvGTxCbLTvEULRosZy9Thdo X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set95crMjj9SDNQlt2yLyPsr/Kc7DquNQ8pikHeYlTTiyYTqcG3LliSRWLlqE7GkSYbH4N/+YB5uFBptEwbmHeAs= X-Received: by 2002:aed:2789:0:b0:3bf:bf0c:8dcd with SMTP id a9-20020aed2789000000b003bfbf0c8dcdmr6112224qtd.8.1678407831311; Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:23:51 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: ron minnich Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 16:23:40 -0800 Message-ID: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000092db7a05f680c656" Message-ID-Hash: WPQM36NVCD23IEGQUUUKUGUJ5WR3XVIE X-Message-ID-Hash: WPQM36NVCD23IEGQUUUKUGUJ5WR3XVIE X-MailFrom: rminnich@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] scaling on TCP socket connections List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --00000000000092db7a05f680c656 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Ca. 1981, if memory serves, having even small numbers of TCP connections was not common. I was told at some point that Sun used UDP for NFS for that reason. It was a reasonably big deal when we started to move to TCP for NFS ca 1990 (my memory of the date -- I know I did it on my own for SunOS as an experiment when I worked at the SRC -- it seemed to come into general use about that time). What kind of numbers for TCP connections would be reasonable in 1980, 90, 2000, 2010? I sort of think I know, but I sort of think I'm probably wrong. --00000000000092db7a05f680c656 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Ca. 1981, if memory serves, having even small numbers of T= CP connections was not common.=C2=A0

I was told at some = point that Sun used UDP for NFS for that reason. It was a reasonably=C2=A0b= ig deal when we started to move to TCP for NFS ca 1990 (my memory of the da= te -- I know I did it on my own for SunOS as an experiment when I worked at= the SRC -- it seemed to come into general=C2=A0use about that time).
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What kind of numbers for TCP connections would be reaso= nable in 1980, 90, 2000, 2010?=C2=A0

I sort of thi= nk I know, but I sort of think I'm probably wrong.
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