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Re: Best utilizing fat long pipes and large file transfer


From: goemon () anime net
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:21:39 -0700 (PDT)

afaik the limit is 10 *sessions* not 10 *tcp connections*. there should be nothing limiting you from opening 10,000 tcp connections in a single app.

eg 10 smb shares, 10 sql sessions, etc.

-Dan

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Bob Bradlee wrote:

I have tested it with Icecast using audio streams and it is 100 not 10.
moved to w2k server and the glass wall at 100 streams went away.

Bob

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:25:18 -0700 (PDT), goemon () anime net wrote:

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Glen Turner wrote:
Then there's the deliberate nobbling of the TCP implementation,
such as the restriction to ten of connections to Windows Xp SP3.
Apparently you're meant to buy Windows Server if you are running
P2P applications :-)

are you quite sure it is *10 tcp connections*?
have you tested this?

-Dan





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