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Boosting Socket Performance on Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everyone-likes-more dept.

Cop writes "The Sockets API lets you develop client and server applications that can communicate across a local network or across the world via the Internet. Like any API, you can use the Sockets API in ways that promote high performance -- or inhibit it. This article explores four ways to use the Sockets API to squeeze the greatest performance out your application and to tune the GNU/Linux® environment to achieve the best results."

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  1. Be aware by 2.7182 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some engineers at Berkeley have been looking at this for a while, but haven't gotten much credit for it.

  2. slashdotted? by ChipMonk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Judging by the response time from IBM's web server, it looks like they have yet to put their advice into practice.

  3. GNU/Linux®...A lessefficent way to say Linux by Real+World+Stuff · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean really, I think we understand what you mean by just saying Linux.

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    If we don't fight for ourselves no one will.
  4. Nothing new by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    going from Socket 7 to Socket 462 to Socket 478 boosted it quite a damn bit over the years.

  5. Re:I've always wanted to know if it is possible by temojen · · Score: 4, Funny
    which acts very much like cat

    It ignores you except at feeding time, and pees in your shoes when it's mad at you?