On Sep 27, 2016, at 11:16 AM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 9/27/2016 12:06 PM, Israel Brewster wrote: >> That helps for one-time stat collection, but as I mentioned in my original message, since connections may not last long, I could be getting close to, or even hitting, my connection limit while still getting values back from those that show plenty of connections remaining, depending on how often I checked. >> >> I guess what would be ideal in my mind is that whenever Postgresql logged an opened/closed connection, it also looked the *total* number of open connections at that time. I don't think that's possible, however :-) > > if you stick pgbouncer in front of postgres (with a pool for each user@database), I believe you CAN track the max connections via pgbouncer's pool stats. Ahh! If so, that alone would be reason enough for using pgbouncer. Thanks! ----------------------------------------------- Israel Brewster Systems Analyst II Ravn Alaska 5245 Airport Industrial Rd Fairbanks, AK 99709 (907) 450-7293 ----------------------------------------------- > > > -- > john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general