On 2012-06-08, Zenaan Harkness <zen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd like find out how often the JVM starts up eg based on queries or > sessions or connections or what... didn't know it was potentially > woeful. In particular re "Because Pg doesn't re-use backends, there's > a huge amount of JVM startup and shutdown cost." A "backend" is what is at the other end of the socket which mediates the "connection" - there's a 1:1 mapping. -- ⚂⚃ 100% natural -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general