Does anyone want to write a quick paragraph explaining the persistent connection option? What are the advantages / disadvantages? I couldn't find any old posts about this.
In my case, I have a dedicated server and (right now) about 2,500 posts per day. My forum seems to be running well, but would it be even better with a persistent connection? Or does this use more system resources?
This might explain it :
http://www.phpbuilder.com/manual/features.persistent-connections.php
I would suggest trying it for a few days. Generally, you want to use it on dedicated servers.
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I know this may be a dumb question... but is there any other risks with using persistent connections?
I am on a dedicated server and want to try it out. I highly doubt it will improve performance much as we are a smaller board / site for now.
but now that I got everything working good, I want to do as little as possible in case of errors..etc.
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It shouldn't be risky, no...
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Assuming you have MySQL tweaked and have a sensible value for wait_timeout, it should reduce the load a bit.
thank you for your help.
what is considered a sensible time?
I would have to look up what we have it set at.
thanks,
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