SocksvrQ is a high performance COM DLL designed exclusively for the purpose of creating high performance network server applications on Windows NT/2000/XP and later using Winsock sockets. As part of this design goal, SocksvrQ was built to scale multiple processors, and to take advantage of Window NT (and later) specific performance features such as I/O Completion Ports, configurable multi-threading, memory and socket pooling and pre-allocation. In designing the component to this end, it includes many features that help acheive this, while still providing a simple interface to interact with Winsock.


features that SocksvrQ offers:

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Simplified access to Winsock without sacrificing performance, functionality, or reliability

Number of connections limited only by machines resources

Support for multi-homed machines (multiple IP addresses)

Support for multiple aliases

Component designed specifically for building high bandwidth network applications: built around the I/O completion port model

Support for configuring the number of threads in the thread pool

Allows access to high performance OS features of NT/2000 facilitating the sending of a file with one line of code while using the absolute minimum required system resources (file is sent from OS systems internal file cache)

Multi-threaded sending, receiving, and connecting ensures the highest levels of efficiency

Configurable buffers for receiving data

Asynchronous or synchronous connects, both with the ability to set a timout value

Ability to scale across multiple processors

Access to all Winsock supported socket options to change Winsock headers for connection customization

Utilizes memory and socket pooling in order to reduce overhead for high-bandwidth servers