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>>> Kesavan <kesavan@emmeskay.com> wrote: 
 
> In specific, can Postgres handle 1000 concurrent queries?
 
It can.
 
> We are using normal Pentium Quad core processor, 3GHZ system with 2GB

> RAM as Database Server.
 
With four processors, depending on your drive array configuration, you
are likely to get better performance funneling the requests through a
connection pool of about 8 to 16 connections.  (With a lot of
spindles, maybe more.)
 
-Kevin