I didn't perform a performance test to see which one is faster. But I do not understand why domain sockets are not faster. It doesn't enter the networking stack, so it should be faster?
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Rush Manbert <[email protected]> wrote: > I certainly agree on that. There's no performance improvement. > > - Rush > > On Aug 4, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Bryan Duxbury wrote: > > > I apologize for being ambiguous in my prior email. I meant to say that > unix > > sockets are no *faster* than TCP sockets. You are correct that there are > > other benefits. I'd certainly accept patches for domain sockets if they > were > > well done. > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Rush Manbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I don't want to start a debate, but I beg to differ. Unix domain sockets > >> have a couple of nice features: > >> 1) They don't offer any way for an outsider to access your service, > which > >> is possible if you make a mistake using TCP sockets. The domain sockets > >> don't offer an attack point for a hacker. > >> 2) There are no port numbers to deal with, which just makes things > simpler. > >> > >> My Thrift-in-Windows patch ( > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-591) adds an Asio > >> implementation that works for both *nix and Windows (C++ only) and adds > Unix > >> Domain Socket support. Caveat emptor, of course, but we're using it in > >> production on Mac OS X and Windows so that local applications can talk > to a > >> daemon running as a service. > >> > >> - Rush > >> > >> On Aug 4, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Bryan Duxbury wrote: > >> > >>> I thought the same thing and did some exploration. Ultimately, I > >> determined > >>> that domain sockets are no better than TCP sockets, even against > >> localhost. > >>> I recommend you just use TCP. > >>> > >>> -Bryan > >>> > >>> 2010/8/4 Bahadır Doğan <[email protected]> > >>> > >>>> Hello > >>>> > >>>> Is there any attempt to use Unix Domain Sockets as the transportation > >> layer > >>>> with Thrift? > >>>> Isn't it nice to make server and client applications in the same > machine > >>>> talking with Thrift? Or am I wrong? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks. > >>>> > >> > >> > >
