[TYPO3-Performance] MySQL connection slow?

[Dan Osipov]

FYI, the problem turned out to be DNS. I added an option to mySQL to 
--skip-name-resolve, and its working like a charm.
Just thought I'll let everyone know.

Dan Osipov
Calkins Media
http://danosipov.com/blog/

Dan Osipov wrote:
> I'm having a serious problem, where a connection to mySQL DB (residing 
> on a separate server) takes on average 2.5 seconds. This is the longest 
> task in page generation, and is unacceptable.
> 
> I don't know where to begin to determine the cause of the problem. Both 
> servers are on a LAN. It could be a network issue, MySQL configuration, 
> OS configuration, or anything in between... Suggestions on where I 
> should look?
>