Alban Hertroys wrote:
The reason I'm asking is that Postgres doesn't perform at its best on Windows and I seriously wonder whether the OS would be able to handle a load like that at all (can Windows handle 4000 open sockets for example?).
You have to go out of your way to even get >125 connections going on Windows; see the very last entry at
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Running_%26_Installing_PostgreSQL_On_Native_Windows -- Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US Baltimore, MD PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.2ndQuadrant.us -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
