Re: Performance of Oracle Client / Server over a WAN

Jonathan - we're not thinking of using telnet to log in and then run the app, but a full blown client server app - perhaps not such a good idea to have the system remote to the users??

Alex

On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 19:39:17 -0000, "Jonathan Lewis" <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk> wrote:

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>3 years is a long time in Oracle.
>
>A simple SQL*Plus login used to take
>a ridiculously large number of messages,
>but Oracle Corp. keeps on working to reduce
>the number of round-trips in all areas.
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>I regularly log in across a WAN to act
>as a remote DBA on sundry sites,
>and have no problems with performance.
>
>I think the network packet size is much
>smaller on a typical WAN connection
>(500 bytes vs. 1500 bytes on a LAN)
>which does have an effect, especially
>if you go over the Internet and not a
>private dial-up.
>
>--
>
>Jonathan Lewis
>Yet another Oracle-related web site: http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk
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>nigel_tufnel_at_my-deja.com wrote in message <7uvk9d$mrv$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>>Alex:
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>>Your best bet is to use MS Terminal Server or Citrix.
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>>I load tested Oracle applications, about 3 years ago, and the traffic
>>they put on the WAN just to log in was horrific. The client ended up
>>dumping the C/s version and staying with the terminal version longer.
>>
>>Nigel
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Received on Mon Oct 25 1999 - 17:13:30 CDT