TCP performance re-visited

Authors:
A. P. Foong;T. R. Huff;H. H. Hum;J. R. Patwardhan;G. J. Regnier
Affiliations:
Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA;Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA;Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA;Programming Syst. Res. Lab., Intel Labs., Santa Clara, CA, USA;-
Venue:
ISPASS '03 Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software
Year:
2003

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Abstract

Detailed measurements and analyses for the Linux-2.4 TCP stack on current adapters and processors are presented. We describe the impact of CPU scaling and memory bus loading on TCP performance. As CPU speeds outstrip I/O and memory speeds, many generally accepted notions of TCP performance begin to unravel. In-depth examinations and explanations of previously held TCP performance truths are provided, and we expose cases where these assumptions and rules of thumb no longer hold in modern-day implementations. We conclude that unless major architectural changes are adopted, we would be hard-pressed to continue relying on the 1 GHz/1 Gbps rule of thumb.