> I'm a little surprised (and maybe skeptical) that it'd make a noticeable difference for the much smaller number of sockets that your average web server would

> I'm a little surprised (and maybe skeptical) that it'd make a noticeable difference for the much smaller number of sockets that your average web server would be using, but.. maybe? Are you aware that Linux is used e.g. by Google, Microsoft or Amazon? Can there be occasions when they handle more than 5 simultaneous connections per box? Maybe epoll can make a difference for them, no?