We run a network of machines over Frame Relay. 48kBaud links to each
remote site, but with up to a one second ping! ( Frame Relay Buffers
data ).

All the simple database stuff works well, but we use FTP and separate
files in place of BLOB stuff, so that transfer is faster and then we
keep local copies of regularly used stuff to remove unnecessary
transfers. ( Pump is great for duplicating information from main server
to remote ).

BLOB's are certainly an area that could be speeded up, but the real
question is are they the best way of handling bulky data anyway?

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Lester Caine
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L.S.Caine Electronic Services