Is server-side processing feasible for small datasets?

havatar

Hello everyone,
I wanted to ask if there are any drawbacks to using Server-Side Processing for data rows that are less than 1,000? Would the DOM be faster in this scenario?

Note - I am using Server-Side Processing so that I can pull the data for the rows straight from the database using Ajax.

Thanks

allan

The only draw back is latency. It will take longer to make the Ajax request and get the data back that it would for DataTables to make the required calculations locally.

I suppose one other drawback is server load. Rather than offloading the sorting and filtering to the client your server will have to do it.

But you can use server-side processing for any data set size if you can live with that.

Allan

havatar

Thank you Sir