X-Original-To: pgsql-interfaces-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25AB38B9C6C for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:41:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 43229-10 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:41:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6D638B9B8F for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:41:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j18IfHJ9009069; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:41:17 -0500 (EST) To: Chad Robinson Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Problem with asynchronous connect in 8.0.1 In-reply-to: <20050208183653.22202.qmail@web11601.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050208183653.22202.qmail@web11601.mail.yahoo.com> Comments: In-reply-to Chad Robinson message dated "Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:36:53 -0800" Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:41:17 -0500 Message-ID: <9068.1107888077@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.006 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200502/18 X-Sequence-Number: 5263 Chad Robinson writes: > I'm not sure I can use Postgres though. I'm having a terrible time getting > large numbers of clients connected. I need to have upwards of 8000 clients > attached at any one time. Unless you actually need 8000 simultaneous transactions in process, connection pooling is the way to go. I haven't played much with pgpool though --- it may have a few issues to shake out ... regards, tom lane