RFC 5041 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2007

Direct Data Placement over Reliable Transports

Overview

RFC 5041, “Direct Data Placement over Reliable Transports”, is a Proposed Standard document published in October 2007 by H. Shah, J. Pinkerton, R. Recio, P. Culley. It has since been updated by RFC 7146. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Direct Data Placement protocol provides information to Place the incoming data directly into an upper layer protocol's receive buffer without intermediate buffers. This removes excess CPU and memory utilization associated with transferring data through the intermediate buffers. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Updated by
RFC 7146
Other RFCs from 2007

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