> No Apache/Web stuff on this one - pure command line.
> Just collecting averages - there's something else funny
> here...back soon.
>

Retraction here.
10x performance increase is inaccurate. This occurred once, but was not
repeatable.
Repeatable performance increase is around 5x increase
TCP/IP on small server: 14.72, 14.93, 14.95, 14.85 (Inserts per second)
Direct on small server: 110.71, 75.38, 74.93, 75.16 (Inserts per second)

(Over 16,873 records, emptying the table before each load)

WARNING! This is a P166 with 48MB ram, and a Seagate 1.6GB HDD! Do not use
these performance figures in any marketing material - they're shocking!

Nige.