In this post, I want to explore a way to establish 100,000 connections to MySQL. Not just idle connections, but executing queries.
100,000 connections. Is that really needed for MySQL, you may ask? Although it may seem excessive, I have seen a lot of different setups in customer deployments. Some deploy an application connection pool, […]
In the previous blog posts in this series, we’ve covered some of the essential aspects of an Enterprise-grade solution: security, high availability, and backups. Another important aspect is the scalability of the solution: as our application grows how do we accommodate an increase in traffic while maintaining the quality of the service (response time)? […]
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As PostgreSQL based applications scale, the need to implement connection pooling can become apparent sooner than you might expect. Since PostgreSQL to date has no built-in connection pool handler, in this post I’ll explore some of the options for implementing it and take a look at some of the implications for application performance.
Implementing PostgreSQL […]
