[gvd-users] Remote debugging bandwidth

[Arnaud Charlet]

> I had been using dde remotely using Reflection X. We are going to be moving
> to a different location than our servers, so I was looking for a debugger
> which could run on my PC, but debug stuff on the HP server. GVD looks good
> (so does DDD, but I have yet to find a Win32 binary - anyone?). The question
> is, am I saving much bandwidth this way, since the files are downloaded each
> time anyway? Unlike a terminal screen in which only the visable portion of
> the screen is downloaded, it would seem that the debugger downloads the
> entire file, thus more data is being sent. Am I better off (bandwidth wise)
> using NFS mounted filesystems, or RCP?

I'd suggest you do the experiments, it really depends on the performance of your
nfs server, nfs client, rcp, and the way you debug (do you load multiple
files, do you reuse the same files often, etc...).

The nice thing here is that you have the choice ;-)

Arno