How to reduce packet loss with large data streams

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
 

Situation

You experience a high amount of packets being dropped when performing large data stream transfers (>50MByte/s).

Resolution

Increase the ring buffer size of your network card:
 
  1. Check the maximum size of the receive (RX) buffer:
    ethtool -g eth0

    Example output:
    ------------------------------------------------
    Pre-set maximums:
    RX: 4096
    TX: 4096

    Current hardware settings:
    RX: 256
    TX: 256


     
  2. Set the RX buffer to the maximum size:
    ethtool -G eth0 rx 4096

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  • Document ID:3316232
  • Creation Date: 26-Sep-2007
  • Modified Date:04-Mar-2021
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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