On 2012-04-26, at 5:36 PM, Ann Harrison wrote:

> Actually that's not true for selects, though the client interface looks that way. The remote protocol packs a buffer with data until it reaches a size or the client calls for the next packet.

I'm confused then... is the buffer very small or is the client asking for results too quickly or something? The client is definitely doing *something* on the outbound channel, and it does appear to be effecting performance, dramatically.