From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Claudio Freire <klaussfreire@gmail.com>
Cc: Andy <angelflow@yahoo.com>
Cc: Ofer Israeli <oferi@checkpoint.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: TCP Overhead on Local Loopback
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:34:45 -0400
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On 04/01/2012 09:11 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
> On 04/01/2012 08:29 PM, Claudio Freire wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Andrew Dunstan<andrew@dunslane.net>
>> wrote:
>>>> You could try using Unix domain socket and see if the performance
>>>> improves. A relevant link:
>>>
>>> He said Windows. There are no Unix domain sockets on Windows. (And
>>> please
>>> don't top-post)
>> Windows supports named pipes, which are functionally similar, but I
>> don't think pg supports them.
>>
>
> Correct, so telling the OP to have a look at them isn't at all
> helpful. And they are not supported on all Windows platforms we
> support either (specifically not on XP, AIUI).
>
>
Apparently I was mistaken about the availability. However, my initial
point remains. Since all our client/server comms on Windows are over
TCP, telling the OP to look at Unix domain sockets is unhelpful.
cheers
andrew
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