What is the main reason to use mtcp?

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Closed Hirrolot closed 5 years ago

Hirrolot commented 5 years ago

I guess that the main reason is the performance, because mtcp uses DPDK and netmap (libraries for fast packet transmission), is it?

Hirrolot commented 5 years ago

And are there any benchmarks with the standard Unix networking stack? Is mtcp faster?

ajamshed commented 5 years ago

@Gymmasssorla ,

Please see issue #248 .

Hirrolot commented 5 years ago

Thank you, now it's clear for me.