[root@nixer salt]# time salt -C 'nixer.edu' test.ping
nixer.edu:
    True

real    0m14.882s
user    0m0.681s
sys     0m0.065s


[root@nixer salt]# time salt  'nixer.edu' test.ping
nixer.edu:
    True

real    0m0.789s
user    0m0.669s
sys     0m0.076s