fsset@bach.lerc.nasa.gov (Scott E. Townsend) (03/18/91)
I've got an application which uses a locally or network accessed server using SOCK_STREAM sockets. My question is wether it's worth the effort to support both UNIX domain local host sockets and Internet domain network sockets in the client & server code. Is the overhead of an Internet domain socket connected between to processes on the same host significant? I have both flavors running independently. But before I start trying to support both simultaneously I was wondering if the performance boost for local clients will be worth the trouble. I've read a bit of "Network Communications Guide" but it doesn't have much to say regarding performance. Scott -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott Townsend | Phone: 216-433-8101 NASA Lewis Research Center | Mail Stop: 5-11 Cleveland, Ohio 44135 | Email: fsset@bach.lerc.nasa.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------------