I am creating a .NET Remoting application using a custombi-directional TCP channel and it will eventually have over 20000 client applications.

How scalable is .NET Remoting?

Hello,

I think this questionis a difficult one to answer.
It depends on network topology, hardware andmost importantlythe amount of data that you're remoting.

However, .NET remoting is the fastest way (that I know of)you can let your applications communicate with each other.
Any web solution will be slower because they usually use SOAP, which is an XML format.

I guess stress testing your application will tell how scalable it is.

Thanks Stephen,

I think Socket Programming is faster than .NET Remoting but is more complex to setup and program maybe.

By scalability, I mean for instance can we apply load balancing when using .NET Remoting?

Thanks,

Hello,

here is an article that explains the possiblities of load balancing in .NET remoting:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;830217

Thanks Stefan,

Apparently, load Balancing can only be applied for when using Singlecall SAO hosted in IIS.