Proggit Thread on Faster TCP Slow Starts

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Post by dbrunton » Sat, Oct 15, 2011, 11:25 PM UTC

My little brother wrote a blog post, which I put into a reddit-ized headline (f-word, hyperbole, accusations, etc.), which actually turned into an interesting conversation. ON FRIGGING REDDIT. Wonders never cease.

Proggit Thread on Faster TCP Slow Starts
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Re: Proggit Thread on Faster TCP Slow Starts

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Post by dbrunton » Sat, Oct 15, 2011, 11:30 PM UTC

Huh, for some reason, I can't see the comment I submitted with the post. Sorry if this shows up twice...

My little brother (I'm so proud!) wrote a blog post about faster TCP slow starts. He was sad nobody was reading it, so I redditized the headline (you know, f-word, hyperbole, baseless accusations, etc.) and submitted it to Reddit, where it actually turned into an interesting conversation about the actual topic of the post. Seriously. On Reddit.

Wonders never cease.

Re: Proggit Thread on Faster TCP Slow Starts

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Post by aristus » Sat, Oct 15, 2011, 11:32 PM UTC

Credit should go to the Google "IW10" team, which did the hard work of testing this over years and (even harder) patiently convincing people one by one that this is a good idea.

I caution against fiddling with this number too much. Bandwidth-constrained users, and possibly mobile users, might be hurt with a too-large initcwnd.

http://code.google.com/speed/protocols/tcpm-IW10.html

Re: Proggit Thread on Faster TCP Slow Starts

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Post by rorrr » Sat, Oct 15, 2011, 11:43 PM UTC

SPDY

http://www.chromium.org/spdy/spdy-whitepaper

Re: Proggit Thread on Faster TCP Slow Starts

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Post by douglashunter » Sat, Oct 15, 2011, 11:52 PM UTC

aristus wrote: post #3

Credit should go to the Google "IW10" team, which did the hard work of testing this over years and (even harder) patiently convincing people one by one that this is a good idea. I caution against fiddling with this number too much. Bandwidth-constrained users, and possibly mobile users, might be hurt with a too-large initcwnd. http://code.google.com/speed/protocols/tcpm-IW10.html

Yes, tons of credit due there. In my post (http://bits.shutterstock.com/?p=74) I linked to Jonathan Corbet's coverage (http://lwn.net/Articles/427104/) of the topic on LWN, which is also a good jumping-off point for reading on the topic.

Re: Proggit Thread on Faster TCP Slow Starts

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 6:46 AM UTC

dbrunton wrote: post #2

Huh, for some reason, I can't see the comment I submitted with the post. Sorry if this shows up twice... My little brother (I'm so proud!) wrote a blog post about faster TCP slow starts. He was sad nobody was reading it, so I redditized the headline (you know, f-word, hyperbole, baseless accusations, etc.) and submitted it to Reddit, where it actually turned into an interesting conversation about the actual topic of…

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