[clue-tech] MySQL server reply packets delayed/lost under network congestion?

[David L. Anselmi]

Jim Ockers wrote:
> No, actually the only service that is delayed is MySQL response packets 
> including the banner.  Apache responds right away to a GET / HTTP/1.0 
> request, samba responds right away to a Windows redirector request, FTP 
> responds right away, and so forth.  MySQL is the only one that seems to 
> take an unreasonably long time to respond when there is something 
> hogging the bandwidth.

I'd put a tracer on it and see how the packet timings vary across app 
for different congestion.

Dave