Depends on the NIC. If your running 100MBS Ether and put in 1GBS Ether or fiber, it would make a difference.
Rick Andrew Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADMIN] NIC to NIC connection tgresql.org 10/19/2004 11:28 AM On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 12:05:05PM -0400, Kent Anderson wrote: > We are upgrading our servers and have run into an interesting situation. It > has been proposed that we have a direct connection from the web servers to > the postgres server via extra NICs. > Before we even waste time installing the NIC's I would like a sense of how > hard it is to get postgres to use that kind of a connection vs over the > Internet. I don't understand. What interface other than a NIC are you now using to go "over the Internet"? Or do you mean that you want an _extra_ IP address so that the web servers don't have to compete for the bandwidth? In that case, sure, you'll probably get a minor performance increase, depending on your current network traffic. A -- Andrew Sullivan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the future this spectacle of the middle classes shocking the avant- garde will probably become the textbook definition of Postmodernism. --Brad Holland ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])