Oracle® Solaris 11.2 Tunable Parameters Reference Manual

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Updated: December 2014
 
 

recv_buf

Description

Defines the default receive window size in bytes. Refer to Per-Route Metrics for a discussion of setting a different value on a per-route basis. See also max_buf and _recv_hiwat_minmss.

Default

128,000

Range

2,048 to the current value of max_buf

Dynamic?

Yes

When to Change

An application can use setsockopt (3XNET) SO_RCVBUF to change the individual connection's receive buffer.

Commitment Level

Unstable