People need to read Zed Shaws "poll, epoll, science, and superpoll" on this, and no longer repeat the "scale well" mantra. "Another way to put this is if your

People need to read Zed Shaws "poll, epoll, science, and superpoll" on this, and no longer repeat the "scale well" mantra. "Another way to put this is if your server or protocol is the type that transmits a ton of data and can't tolerate idle resources, then poll will win. [...] But, if your server is the kind with lots of idle connections just hanging out, then epoll wins not poll." http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1280829388.html http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1280829388.html