On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
wrote:
> If you use that many connections (really, even you even just use them
> in the hundreds) you really should use the multi_socket anyway to
> reach proper performance:
> http://daniel.haxx.se/docs/poll-vs-select.html

Thanks - I consider changing to multi_socket, then.

> If you do multiple connections to the same server(s), many servers of
> course reject too many connections coming from the same client and in
> general reject connections once it reaches its limit.

Naturally. Also, many downloads in parallel slow down each individual
download. On the other hand, some servers take a long time to connect
to. A balance has to be found.
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