Submission + - Are Web Services Worth the Performance Hit?
CexpTretical writes: "In software, adaptabiliy and performance are most often mutually exclusive.
Just as an adjustable wrench almost never works as well as a straight wrench
of a specific size, communications between software applications by means of
RMI-RPC interfaces usually out-performs equivalent Web Services by orders of magnitude,
especially for non-document-oriented data transfers like simple data transactions and method based communications.
Two good relevant performance studies on RMI versus Web Services including metrics are:
Comparison of performance of Web services, WS-Security, RMI, and RMI SSL and
Web Services versus Distributed Objects: A Case Study of Performance and Interface Design
Web Services can be more adaptable but with a price.
Is that price worth it?"
Web Services can be more adaptable but with a price.
Is that price worth it?"