From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-09-22T02:10:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about drb and databases

Ben Johnson wrote:

> Let's say I have 2 servers. One has the database, the other doesn't. The
> main application is being ran on the one with the database. If I was to
> distribute ruby using DRb to the other server does that process need a
> different kind of database connection? Basically what I'm asking is do I
> need to connect to the database using localhost or the IP? Because wont
> the database calls go over the wire like all of the other calls
> therefore a localhost connection should work, right?

No -- unless I am not understanding you. But if both machines are on the
same intranet, the IP approach (using an intranet IP) should be fairly
swift.

Strictly speaking, 'localhost' refers to a particular machine's
self-identity, not to an intranet machine's identity.

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com