Re: Restricting Postgres

From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Restricting Postgres
Date: 2004-11-03 14:17:43
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On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 11:52:12PM +0000, Martin Foster wrote:
> Is there a way to restrict how much load a PostgreSQL server can take
> before dropping queries in order to safeguard the server? I was

Well, you could limit the number of concurrent connections, and set
the query timeout to a relatively low level. What that ought to mean
is that, under heavy load, some queries will abort.

A

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