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Two timeout settings related to the packet ring buffer can be adjusted. | Two timeout settings related to the packet ring buffer can be adjusted. | ||
* The long timeout controls after which maximum period of time a packet is actually written to the packet | * The long timeout controls after which maximum period of time a packet is actually written to the packet ring buffer. A lower value may decrease the time difference by which packets are stored out of their real order in the packet ring buffer but it may also increase the amount of unused overhead data in the packet ring buffer. | ||
ring buffer. A lower value may decrease the time difference by which packets are stored out of their real | * The short timeout controls after which period of time smaller batches of packets are written to the packet ring buffer even if waiting for more packets would result in a more efficient operation. A lower value may decrease the time difference by which packets are stored out of their real order in the packet ring buffer but it may also decrease the performance of the packet ring buffer. | ||
order in the packet ring buffer but it may also increase the amount of unused overhead data in the packet | |||
ring buffer. | |||
* The short timeout controls after which period of time smaller batches of packets are written to the packet | |||
ring buffer even if waiting for more packets would result in a more efficient operation. A lower value may | |||
decrease the time difference by which packets are stored out of their real order in the packet ring buffer but | |||
it may also decrease the performance of the packet ring buffer. | |||
==== Data retention timeout ==== | ==== Data retention timeout ==== | ||