Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 06/02/05 00:58

JENS CONSER (jens@e-sistrum.com) writes:
> We tested it by executing sql statements on the Query Analyzer
> on the VPN client (WIN XP built in) which is connected to the server
> through the tunnel.
>
> For example execution of the SELECT statement
> "select TOP 1000 * from Items" on the
> database trough the tunnel takes more than 30 times as much
> than the same execution on the server itself or within the
> server's local network.
>
> But we can make FTP downloads from our server through
> the tunnel with 600 KBit/s under same conditions
> so the bandwidth of the tunnel should not be the problem.

When you run QA directly on the SQL Server Box, or in your local
network, you have something like 100 MBit/s. 600 KBit/s is far
more than 30 times slower.

What speed is your VPN connection labeled at?


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