Re: Could pgsql jdbc support pool reauthentication?

On 31/10/17 10:08, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> Hello Vladimir, thanx
>
> On 31/10/2017 10:30, Vladimir Sitnikov wrote:
>> Achilleas>So if say we need 5 connections max for the most complex
>> app to work, and we have 200 users, then at peak time, the total
>> number of connections would have to be raised to 1000.
>>
>> Pools can shrink, so you do not have to raise total number of
>> connections to 1000 unless you truly expect 1000 concurrent connections.
> I know, but we still risk having our max_connections exceeded. And
> this is not scaleable.

    That's true, but if you have a pgbouncer in front of PostgreSQL
(you should) and the connections are used wisely (i.e. they are returned
as soon as they finish the job, they don't sit idle) this is no longer a
problem.

    Álvaro

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Álvaro Hernández Tortosa

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