> -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-admin- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Viktor > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 4:12 AM > To: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Random server overload > > On 10/1/2013 4:45 PM, Igor Neyman wrote: > > Did you try using any kind of connection pooler, e.g. PgBouncer? > > Should help. > > Our Java application uses c3p0 connection pooler and we don't think that it's > the issue. > > "Client-side" connection pooling is different from server-side (such as PgBouncer), and I believe is not as effective as PgBouncer. As you stated in original message you have multiple idle connections, that's waste of resources. Regards, Igor Neyman -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin