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 Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend