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Sep 15, 2025 · Cloud Computing

Why VSOCK Beats Traditional Guest‑Host Communication in Cloud Virtualization

VSOCK provides a high‑performance, low‑latency, secure guest‑host communication mechanism that avoids TCP/IP overhead, supports bidirectional data transfer, and simplifies configuration, with demonstrated 90% latency reduction and 12× throughput gains over traditional IP or virtio‑serial methods in cloud virtualization scenarios.