Re: Many persistant client connections - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Chris Browne
Subject Re: Many persistant client connections
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Msg-id 60oed1rvr2.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com
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In response to Many persistant client connections  (lst_hoe01@kwsoft.de)
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lst_hoe01@kwsoft.de writes:
> i would like to know if there is something like the Oracle "shared
> server" possible with PostgreSQL. I have searched the archives but
> have not found any real discussion regarding this.
>
> We have two CTI applications opening 2-3 persistant connections to
> the address server (PostgreSQL). With 100 clients we get around 400
> persistant connections eating up the server memory and have nothing
> to work most of the time.

Sounds like a case for looking into pgpool...

  <http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgpool/>

pgpool is a connection pool system implemented in C that can allow
sharing of connections for many cases like the one you describe.
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