TCP vs UDP

wojtekb 11 years ago

I am new to tracking applications but recently started working on application. The requirement is that there would be around 200 trackers sending position information at intervals of 2-5 seconds. Should I expect issues related to TCP performance? UDP server solution seems to me much less processor consuming.
Wojtek

Anton Tananaev 11 years ago

You might have problems with TCP only if the data connection is unstable. In that case TCP would re-send packages.

wojtekb 11 years ago

This is exactly what I was afraid about. Loosing some packet can be less painful than slowing entire application. Thank you.