Re: PostgreSQL pre-fork speedup

From: Thomas Swan <tswan(at)idigx(dot)com>
To: sdv mailer <sdvmailer(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>, Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, steve(at)blighty(dot)com, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL pre-fork speedup
Date: 2004-05-06 16:54:52
Message-ID: 409A6DDC.4030602@idigx.com
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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.
>
>
>
>
>
Do you have SSL enabled on the postgresql server? If you do, this would
account for the slower connect time over TCP/IP.

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