1 Tuning Systems for TCP/IP Performance on High Latency Networks Worldwide LHC Computing Grid Tier-2 Workshop in Asia Mark Bowden, Wenji Wu, Matt Crawford (bowden@fnal.gov, wenji@fnal.gov, crawdad@fnal.gov) 01 Dec 2006 2 TCP_buffer_size = RTT * BW 160 KBytes = 125 msec * 10 Mbps 1.6 MBytes = 125 msec * 100 Mbps 16 MBytes = 125 msec * 1000 Mbps 160 MBytes = 125 msec * 10000 Mbps example: Chicago-CE