# OverviewIn this post I will use a simple HTTP benchmark to do a head-to-head performance comparison between the Linux kernel's network stack, and a kernel-bypass stack powered by DPDK. I will run my tests using Seastar, a C++ framework for building high-performance server applications. Seastar has support for building apps that use either the Linux kernel or DPDK for networking, so it is the per
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