accessing external mysql server through "ssh tunnel" - any drawbacks?

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Published on 2010-05-26T17:22:13Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 17:33 UTC
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In an upcoming project I have a two server setup: one is the application server and another, already existing runs the mysql server with databases I need to access. I contacted the server admin of the mysql server and the only way I can access the remote mysql databases is via "SSH tunnel". I have never done this before and never heard of it so far, so my question, are there any drawbacks, e. g. performance wise? Isnt it rather slow compared to directly accessing the mysql server on its default port?

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