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Re: [tcpm] TCP Tuning for HTTP - update

Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Thu, 18 August 2016 15:14 UTC

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On 8/17/2016 10:38 PM, Willy Tarreau wrote:
>> Keep in mind who reads RFCs - mostly protocol people. Managers take
>> > training courses to get certification, and that's where they learn their
>> > operational issues.
> As Matthew said, admins tend to trust better the people who write the
> protocols. Having an RFC authored by various protocol people will
> definitely help make admins do the right thing.
Admins don't know who protocol people are.

I do think that this doc needs to figure out whom it is speaking to,
what advice they actually need, etc.

If the result is a set of recommendations that involve the word
"sysctl", I remain skeptical it is appropriate as an RFC.

Joe

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