On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> wrote: > * Harold Giménez (har...@heroku.com) wrote: >> This is a separate topic, but in such a case I'd want to know that >> I've reached max_connections, which may not be a problem if I just >> don't need any more connections, but I still need something connecting >> to make sure the service is available at all and can respond to simple >> SELECT 1 queries and a myriad of other things you'd want to keep track >> of. > > I've never heard of an environment where you can be absolutely confident > that you need exactly max_connections and zero more. I seriously doubt > one exists. > > The service is not available if only a superuser can connect, imv.
People push the limit all the time. They may run at 80% of their max and occasionally (and temporarily) scale up to a known bounded level, but no more. -Harold -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
