Client/Server Communications and Performance

The c-tree Server for Windows supports both TCP/IP communications and a speedy shared memory protocol. We have observed that the TCP/IP communication protocol involves substantial overhead on Windows systems.

When running c-tree clients on the same Windows system as the c-tree Server, consider using our shared memory communication protocol rather than the TCP/IP protocol for potentially dramatic performance gains: up to five-fold in many cases! To take advantage of this:

1. Be sure COMM_PROTOCOL FSHAREMM is uncommented in the Server Configuration File ctsrvr.cfg.
2. Be sure your application is relinked with the shared memory communication library.

The server can support multiple protocols for use with a variety of clients.