sdv mailer wrote:
>Hi Bruce,
>
>Sorry for the confusion because Rod asked a question
>and I answered too quickly. This is what I mean.
>
>15x Slower:
>-----------
>Client <--TCP--> PgPool <--UNIX--> PostgreSQL
>Client <--TCP--> PgPool <--TCP--> PostgreSQL
>
>5x Faster:
>----------
>Client <--UNIX--> PgPool <--UNIX--> PostgreSQL
>Client <--UNIX--> PgPool <--TCP--> PostgreSQL
>
>
>Hope this helps! Pgpool speeds up connection time by
>5x with UNIX socket due to pre-fork and connection
>pooling. However, pgpool slows down by 15x under TCP
>socket for some unknown reason.
>
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Do you have SSL enabled on the postgresql server? If you do, this would
account for the slower connect time over TCP/IP.
