Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Basically, total connections is to be set larger than you think you will
> > ever need, while you expect per-db to be hit, and if something keeps
> > trying to connect and failing, we may get very bad connection
> > performance for other backends.
>
> Hmm, I see your point. A per-db limit *could* be useful even if it's
> set high enough that you don't expect it to be hit ... but most likely
> people would try to use it in a way that it wouldn't be very efficient
> compared to a client-side solution.
The only way to do it would be, after a few hits of the limit, to start
delaying the connection rejections so you don't get hammered. It could
be done, but even then, I am not sure if it would be optimal.
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