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From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of aki
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:42 AM
To: Skunkworks Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Performance degradation - Help sought

@Muskiv,

Thank you for not believing in google search. Please ask the network group to shed more inputs as they have CCIE level people who would know much more about how fast packets should move. However, I shall give you an input on application acclereration and WAN optimization. A rule of the thumb is that these devices are a must use between local and regional hubs/offices. They have been around for years, use proprietary techniques that shape or break the data into smaller chunks for fast delivery and unpacking. You can also go into packet tracing and learn more about the number of sessions requests that the DB is causing, including duration and overhead. How much data is moving in each session is also possible. You'd seriously need something like an ISA server platform to get some real reporting features that are available of much more expensive devices, and not at all on free-code systems.

Some months ago I was reading on this : http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/contnetw/ps5680/ps6474/data_sheet_c78-495801.html and what it can do. Please bookmark the link.  No silly freedom/open source systems even come close to proprietary total innovation that drives the world's advancement of tech sectors. Ofcourse there will be attempts at making it. I'd like anyone on this list to recommend an equivalent free-code system that I'd be interested to look into, which can also help  @Muskiv deploy better WANs. 

The other guys have very good suggestions too, please also take a look into their replies.

Rgds. :-)

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:12 AM, muskiv <kulebak@gmail.com> wrote:

Aki

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:05 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:

@muskiv, imo, your problem is purely on the network layer. You need to see the number of db sessions open in tcp to understand the overhead demanded by the client-server wan-wan application.

Sorry how do I do this in WIN2K3?

You way eventually have to install wan application and optimization accelerators since increasing the bandwidth on the remote sites would not justify costs.

Same question as above. (Sorry I know I can google :)

Have you also done local LAN tests on the seutp to determine the nbottlenecks at DB or hardware level?

A number of LAN tests have been done. I've noted a few that I think need resolution...work is in Progress. Just didn't want to miss anything

Thx