On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:36 AM, gelin yan <dynamicgl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> If the OP needs > 100 connections on the app end, he should add a >> connection pooler like pgbouncer or pgpool. pgbouncer is the easier >> of the two to configure. > > > > Hi > > I have ran a PG 9.1 instance on windows 7 for one year flawlessly, My > max_connection is 100 only. It is a high load app. I think increasing > connection number doesn't help due to pg's architecture. As other guys said, > it is better to use sth like conn pool to manage connections. > > BTW, you can check: > > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Running_%26_Installing_PostgreSQL_On_Native_Windows > > it mention why pg can't launch more that 125 connections on windows. I think > this point is still valid today. Yeah the problems with running pg on non unix platforms is all the OTHER stuff, like pgbouncer / pgpool and so on that may or may not support windows or are only partially supported. And yeah I think the limit for connections is still there, but there may be a kernel configuration hack to overcome it. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general