> > > Speaking of which .. I moved my Sybase database off of my CF
> > > machine and put it on one of its own. Unfortunately, this has
> > > _slowed_ my application down. Connecting to the new server
> > > adds 1,500ms to the page execution time.
> >
> > I've seen things like this before, although usually the problem
> > is limited to the initial connection. Do you have the "maintain
> > database connections" option selected?
>
> Yes.
>
> > > I am connecting via NetBeui to a machine with a private IP
> > > address. Is this normal?
> >
> > No, that's not normal. If you're connecting via NetBEUI,
> > you're not using
> > TCP/IP. Do you mean using NetBIOS over TCP/IP? If so, and
> > if the machine's on a private network, you may have some issues
> > with dual NICs in your web server.
>
> No .. NetBIOS over TCP/IP is disabled .. security risk and all that.
If I understand correctly, you've got both TCP/IP and NetBEUI bound to the
same NIC. You might have better performance if you simply connect to your
database via TCP/IP, and unbind NetBEUI from that NIC.
As for security, ideally your database server will be on a different
network, and your web server will have two NICs - one to communicate to the
outside world, and one to communicate with the internal network on which the
database server resides. Not only will that prevent your database server
from being directly exposed, but it will also segment the traffic and
potentially give you better performance.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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