Re: socket versus 127.0.0.1

From: Emil Obermayr <nobs(at)nobswolf(dot)info>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: socket versus 127.0.0.1
Date: 2008-05-25 19:15:58
Message-ID: 200805252115.59142.nobs@nobswolf.info
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Am Sonntag, 25. Mai 2008 schrieb Mag Gam:
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> what is faster as in performance wise -- a Unix socket for a
> 127.0.0.1(loopback connection)?

If there is any difference at all, the Socket should be faster. It is a
data-stream in the "virtual" file-system.

The loopback needs to create IP-packets. But the optimization might be very
high, so you maybe won't recognize any difference.

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