Re: NIC to NIC connection

Depends on the NIC. If your running 100MBS Ether and put in 1GBS Ether or
fiber, it would make a difference.

Rick

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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

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