[erlang-questions] Slow UTP packets

[Ovidiu Deac]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Mihai Balea<mihai@REDACTED> wrote:
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> On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Ovidiu Deac wrote:
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>> It makes sense but it doesn't look good. 1MB/s is not that much.
>
> I think it's the number of messages that really matter, not the total
> size...

The average size of the packet is 150B. That means about
7000messages/s. It shouldn't be that much.

>
>
>> ...and fast messaging between processes should be one of Erlang's strong
>> points.
>>
>> Maybe I should use a passive socket instead.
>
> Using passive or {active, once} when dealing with sockets is always a good
> idea. However, while TCP will adjust the flow to accommodate your consumer's
> speed, UDP will simply just drop packets when you cannot process them fast
> enough.
> Just something to keep in mind.
>
> Mihai
>
Losing UDP packets I don't mind that much as having an application
which slows down under load. :)