mTCP NetDrive: Faster code available for testing

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Michael Brutman

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8:04 PM (2 hours ago) 8:04 PM

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About a year ago I started experimenting with how to make NetDrive faster. I have the next revision of that experiment available for testing, and I am excited by the results. The new code was 1.4 to 2.7x faster when talking to a server on the same network, and 12x to 21x faster when talking to a remote machine across the internet.

I'd like to get some help testing it though. It is rock solid, and I'm not concerned about data corruption. I'd just like to hear what kind of improvements other people see on their machines. The new code requires both the DOS and server side be updated. The downloads are at:

Some quick notes:

You must update to the new server to test this code. (Your DOS machines using older code can use the new servers; if they can't that is a bug.)
Slower machines do not see as much of a benefit, as they can barely keep up packet processing. But even an XT connecting to a remote server saw more than 2x improvement when reading and more than a 3x improvement when writing.
I need your feedback before I go further and make this widely available.