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A glossary of storage networking, data, and information management terminology. To learn more about the SNIA Dictionary click here.

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Maximum Transfer Unit

The largest amount of data that it is permissible to transmit as one unit according to a protocol specification.

The Ethernet MTU is 1536 eight bit bytes. The Fibre Channel MTU is 2112 eight bit bytes.

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