note 25828 added to features.persistent-connections

Ok i understand why persistant connections would be less traffic on the network and a little faster to access the mysql server, But are they more load on the MySQL server then having to open a connection all the time? Is non persistant better if all i am worried about is load direcly on the mysql server and i am not concerd about any extra traffic caused on the lan? How as has tested this I tier both ways and I realy tell sometimes one seems better then the other but not always and I would like to know you realy prefer. It kind of looks to me the non-persistant is better but i am not realy sure here. Sorry for the stupid question -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.persistent-connections.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+25828 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+25828 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+25828