Re: max_connections proposal

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Edison So <edison(dot)so2(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "List, Postgres" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: max_connections proposal
Date: 2011-05-29 08:45:24
Message-ID: 4DE207A4.9060708@postnewspapers.com.au
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On 29/05/2011 4:39 PM, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On 29/05/2011 10:44 AM, Edison So wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me that if the max_connections is above 100, the server
>> will use pooling instead?
>
> No. PostgreSQL does not have any built-in connection pooling, that was
> the point of the suggestion, to advise people that they might want to
> consider it.

Whoops, bad wording.

"That was the point of my original suggestion: to advise people that
they might want to consider configuring a third-party connection pool
like PgPool-II or PgBouncer instead of greatly increasing max_connections ".

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Craig Ringer

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