On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Venkat Balaji <venkat.balaji@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > But, the information vanishes if the application logs off. > I am looking for an alternative to track the total amount of the connections > with the host IPs through a Cron job. > What could be the frequency of cron ? > I know the best is using log_connections and log_disconnections parameters, > but, information logged would be too high and is also IO intensive. Really? Have you tested how much IO it will generate? My guess is not that much. And on a database server it should be a miniscule amount compared to what your DB is doing the rest of the time. Eliminating this choice is premature optimization IMHO. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance