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Easy · Networking & Systems · Quant Trader interview question · networking, systems, throughput, latency, MTU
Your firm is optimizing its network for low-latency market data delivery. Standard Ethernet frames have a Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) of 1500 bytes. Jumbo frames increase this to an MTU of 9000 bytes. Consider a scenario where you need to transmit 1.8 MB (1,800,000 bytes) of market data. What is the primary benefit of using jumbo frames over standard Ethernet frames in this scenario?