Multi-client/Server design

tmcp · 10-22-2009, 04:21 PM

Hi everyone, i developing a kind of "limited chat room" whereas my machine is the server and in my network pair of clients join to chat. kind of stupid.... But what I want to know is your opinion on how to design the server.
I think that creating a thread for each client is bad practice but on the other side I think that's the best way of making it work. Instead I can create a thread for each room and use select to unblock the server from I/O with the clients.

waitting for your opinion...

bithub · 10-22-2009, 04:27 PM

A multi-threaded server approach is very common, and is usually easier to implement than a non-blocking server. Obviously, if you plan on having thousands of clients connecting at a time, then spawning a new thread for each one is not a good idea.

quzah · 10-22-2009, 04:32 PM

How about polling and non-blocking sockets?

Quzah.

tmcp · 10-22-2009, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quzah

How about polling and non-blocking sockets?

Quzah.

yep, I have read something about that, can you give me some links about polling

thanks

quzah · 10-22-2009, 04:46 PM

Beej: Beej's Guide to Network Programming

Quzah.

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tmcp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 15	Multi-client/Server design Hi everyone, i developing a kind of "limited chat room" whereas my machine is the server and in my network pair of clients join to chat. kind of stupid.... But what I want to know is your opinion on how to design the server. I think that creating a thread for each client is bad practice but on the other side I think that's the best way of making it work. Instead I can create a thread for each room and use select to unblock the server from I/O with the clients. waitting for your opinion...
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