Reading this zero copy article,
Does Zero-copy exist in Windows OS (server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2) ?
Reading this zero copy article , Does Zero-copy exist in Windows OS (server 2003,
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Reading this zero copy article,
Does Zero-copy exist in Windows OS (server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2) ?
Yes, it is supported via the
TransmitFileAPI.I’m pretty sure that IIS uses this as well.
Whether or not this method does real zero-copy (i.e. doesn’t even copy from the file buffers to the socket buffers) is not explicitly mentioned in the documentation. But given the fact that this method is defined in a way that definitely makes it possible, I’d be highly surprised if this were not the case.
The closest the documentation comes to stating it clearly is this paragraph: