Re: Socket vs Data Queue speed (was: Processor speed)

We have been running a lot of tests on this lately, as our new Visual ShowMe/400
runs either as a Socket connection or a Data Queue connection, and in every time
the socket connection has been much faster.

    Pete

Bob Crothers wrote:

> I missed this statement.  And would love to see some data on it.
>
> Are you measuring the entire transport time?  Eg: From the time the Client
> side sends the request to the AS/400, DQ pgm processes, sends to other DQ,
> and PC gets results back.  And how big the results? And how much data.
>
> I'd be very surprised of the entire data queue process was faster than a
> persistent Socket connection. And do not forget the pain of Client Access.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Scott Mildenberger
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 1:58 PM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Processor speed
>
> Just curious, do you have any benchmarks or other evidence to back this up?
> I had always thought that sockets would be faster but had never delved into
> it to determine whether that was true or not.  I would be really interested
> in any references comparing the two.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott Mildenberger
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nathan M. Andelin [SMTP:nathanma@haaga.com]
> > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 8:05 AM
> > To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject:      RE: Processor speed
> >
> > For example, many ported applications rely heavily on sockets for
> > interprocess communication.  But data queue send and receive functions are
> > twice as fast as socket send and receive.
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