In the note I sent a few hours ago, I mentioned a 50x number. This is = what we saw one place. Your mileage may vary, but it's easy to test. You can = test your raw IPC vs TCP/IP performance by writing a small test in sqlplus = that makes a million database calls. Time a run of it connected through an = alias where PROTOCOL=3DIPC. Time another run of it connected through an alias = where PROTOCOL=3DTCP. Compare and contrast the results. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com * Nullius in verba * Upcoming events: - Performance Diagnosis 101: 9/14 San Francisco, 10/5 Charlotte, 10/26 Toronto - SQL Optimization 101: 9/20 Hartford, 10/18 New Orleans - Hotsos Symposium 2005: March 6-10 Dallas - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule details... -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barr, Stephen Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 7:48 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: is IPC really faster than TCPIP? I'd be really interested in hearing the opinions of others on this - we = are thinking of implementing IPC on the recommendations of Informatica (our = ETL tool). We have a lot of network traffic due to the row-at-a-time = processing in informatica. Informatica and Oracle are both on the same box. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco Sent: 01 September 2004 22:24 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: is IPC really faster than TCPIP? Hi list, Sorry for starting two thread about the same, but I found=20 Tom Kyte says "well, tuning TCP vs IPC would give you marginal = improvements. http://asktom.oracle com/pls/ask/f?p=3D4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:6136118136754 =20 but Kenny Smith in Use IPC for local connections, a process can be up to = 10x faster he says " I've seen a SQL job that runs in 10 minutes using TCP on a = local machine run as fast as one minute using an IPC connection" But http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142 sid41_gci940662,00.html =20 So I think the question is not is why ipc is not faster, else is IPC = really faster. Some experiences please.=20 =20 Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco OCP ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send an email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------- . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information in this email may be privileged, confidential and is=20 intended exclusively for the addressee. The views expressed may not be official policy, but the personal views of the originator. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete it from your system. You should not reproduce,=20 distribute, store, retransmit, use or disclose its contents to anyone. =20 Please note we reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communication through our internal and external networks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To unsubscribe - = mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=3Dunsubscribe=20 To read recent messages - //freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2004 --- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To read recent messages - //freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2004