If we just let kernel do the job, it's essentially a queue. If we do the packet processing ourselves, it can be a parallel problem. http://highscalability.com/

If we just let kernel do the job, it's essentially a queue. If we do the packet processing ourselves, it can be a parallel problem. http://highscalability.com/blog/2013/5/13/the-secret-to-10-million-concurrent-connections-the-kernel-i.html http://highscalability.com/blog/2013/5/13/the-secret-to-10-m...