On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:00:17 +0100, Mark Kent wrote:
> Network accesses using Linux have always been much faster than using
> Windows, in my experience. I don't know what's wrong with Windows in
> this respect, but it seems to be a deep deep problem. I doubt that
> after all this time it's the IP stack that is not slick, and in the
> first place, it's ripped from the BSD one anyway, so I imagine it's more
> to do with the way process/thread management is done in Windows.
http://tamgo.blogspot.com/2006/10/windows-vista-crappier-than-expected.html
>>In Windows XP (and previous) when attempting to delete a file, one
>>packet is sent while another is sent back as confirmation. Till now
>>everything sounds cool. Now let's try to do the same with our magical
>>Vista beta. When attempting to delete a file through the console, 6 - 8
>>packets are sent. Right of the bat this sounded bad. Simply because it's
>>a 600 - 800% increase in traffic. Having said that, 8 packets isn't a
>>big deal for a local network. Depending on the size of a particular
>>operation, it's possible to take that hit. Then they tried to do the
>>same thing, but instead of using the console, they delete the file
>>through a graphical window. After all this is the preferred interface of
>>the average Windows user.
>>How many packets where sent in order to complete the operation? 20? 30?
>>Come on, take a guess! [Insert drum roll, or other suspenseful effect
>>here]... 1500 packets. Yes, 1500 packets. I'm not joking, and neither
>>were they.
Maybe its the 1500 packets need to delete a file through Explor(d)er? :)
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