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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
To: Terry Toole <toole@photodiagnostic.com>
Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is it possible to transfer a large file between two computers using RDMA UD?
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 14:29:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200102182937.GG9282@ziepe.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADw-U9BHcoHy3WJ8iSdYjAw3RxQf2vhkOKyL7k0yJdR3mP7Mug@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 09:47:06AM -0500, Terry Toole wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it possible to transfer a large file, say 25GB, between two computers using
> RDMA UD, and have an exact copy of the original file on the receiving side? My
> understanding is that the order of the messages is not guaranteed with UD.
> But I thought that if I only use one QP I could ensure that the ordering of the
> data will be predictable.

It is not guaranteed to be in order.

Why would you do this anyhow? The overhead to use RC is pretty small

Jason

  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-02 18:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-02 14:47 Is it possible to transfer a large file between two computers using RDMA UD? Terry Toole
2020-01-02 18:29 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
2020-01-02 19:11   ` Terry Toole
2020-01-02 19:25     ` Hefty, Sean
2020-01-02 19:31       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-01-02 19:45         ` Terry Toole

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