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Merge pull request #1242 from drewhk/wip-3025-nodelay-default-drewhk

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Set TCPNODELAY as default.
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Viktor Klang (√) 2013-03-15 04:18:11 -07:00
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@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ When connecting, it is also possible to set various socket options or specify a
.. includecode:: code/docs/io/IODocTest.java#connect-with-options
.. note::
The SO_NODELAY (TCP_NODELAY on Windows) socket option defaults to true in Akka, independently of the OS default
settings. This setting disables Nagle's algorithm considerably improving latency for most applications. This setting
could be overridden by passing ``SO.TcpNoDelay(false)`` in the list of socket options of the ``Connect`` message.
After issuing the ``Connect`` command the TCP manager spawns a worker actor to handle commands related to the
connection. This worker actor will reveal itself by replying with a ``Connected`` message to the actor who sent the
``Connect`` command.