Re: does 'disable networking' make mySQL faster?

[Baron Schwartz]

> > On Jan 14, 2008 7:00 AM, Daevid Vincent < daevid@stripped> wrote:
> >
> >> I saw this on the PHP list and was wondering if there is any merit to
> it?!
> >> I would be surprised if disabling networking made a difference. I'm only
> >> concerned about the added speed. I get the security benefit of course.
> >>
>
> >>> From: Manuel Lemos [mailto:mlemos@stripped]
> >>> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 12:57 PM
> >>> To: php-general@stripped
> >>> Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: SMTP vs mail()
> >>>
> >>> Every time I install MySQL on the same machine as the Web server, I
> >>> disable networking to make it use Unix domain sockets, for either
> >>> greater speed and security.

Why don't you ask the author of the original post to explain or
justify his opinion on faster performance, instead of asking people
who didn't make that claim?