Comments on: AJAX is making the Web run faster http://agylen.com/2006/02/16/ajax-is-making-the-web-run-faster/ Ugo Cei's Weblog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:13:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: James Strachan http://agylen.com/2006/02/16/ajax-is-making-the-web-run-faster/#comment-1176 James Strachan Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:07:59 +0000 http://agylen.com/2006/02/16/ajax-is-making-the-web-run-faster/#comment-1176 I guess its a server-side CPU versus server-side sockets issue. Sockets are often cheap (depending on if you need hardware SSL or not) whereas significant server side CPU can sometimes eat up lots of power. Though CPUs are getting multi-core and lower power so I guess the power use is going down. Certainly server side OSes need to be optimised to support lots of concurrent sockets efficiently (like the new solaris does) then the Ajax cost will be minimised. I guess its a server-side CPU versus server-side sockets issue.

Sockets are often cheap (depending on if you need hardware SSL or not) whereas significant server side CPU can sometimes eat up lots of power. Though CPUs are getting multi-core and lower power so I guess the power use is going down.

Certainly server side OSes need to be optimised to support lots of concurrent sockets efficiently (like the new solaris does) then the Ajax cost will be minimised.

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