In article <47F29777.6020400@xxxxxxxx> you wrote: > I'm not sure what do you mean by "mass produce" connections, but even > with only 200 connections/sec to the mysql-server the delay occured. Just an unrelated question: why dont you use a connection pool in this scenario. With Oracle for example that would totally break down, a typical connect takes 80-130ms with Oracle on *ix. I can imagine that the TCP Handshake and slowstart delay would also speed up your Web Application (and put less stress on your network stack :) Gruss Bernd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html