title: mysql replication with compression
body: <p>I'd like to set use mysql replication with compression.</p>
  
  <p>The master is a windows machine with mysql 5.5
  The slave is on Linux (redhat) with mysql 5.0.</p>
  
  <p>The replication works.</p>
  
  <p>I tried to turn on compression with</p>
  
  <p>set global slave_compressed_protocol=1;</p>
  
  <p>on the slave</p>
  
  <p>set global slave_compressed_protocol=1;</p>
  
  <p>on the master.</p>
  
  <p>But: I DO NOT see any improvement in the ability of the slave to keep up with the master.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas, what might be wrong?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks a lot in advance.</p>