On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 15:26 -0300, Bruno Almeida do Lago wrote: > Is there a real limit for max_connections? Here we've an Oracle server with > up to 1200 simultaneous conections over it!
If you can reduce them by using something like pgpool between PostgreSQL and the client, you'll save some headache. PostgreSQL did not perform as well with a large number of idle connections and it does otherwise (last time I tested was 7.4 though -- perhaps it's better now). The kernel also starts to play a significant role with a high number of connections. Some operating systems don't perform as well with a high number of processes (process handling, scheduling, file handles, etc.). I think you can do it without any technical issues, but you will probably be happier with the result if you can hide idle connections from the database machine. -- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org