Hi, This is a database issue and has to do with the following mysql variables: interactive_timeout wait_timeout By default these variables are set to 28800 and they represent the time for which the server waits on "persistent" connection. If you have a busy site that number is way too big; so try to decrease those variables and you should be fine: mysql> set global interactive_timeout = 120; mysql> set global wait_timeout = 120; This makes the timeout on connections 2 minutes after which mysql disconects the user and so freeing usable space for new connections. You can also add them in my.cnf so that the server gets them when started: set-variable = intercative_timeout=120 set-variable = wait_timeout=120 Cheers, Catalin Dan Rossi wrote: > Hi there, I have run into issues on a public production server where I > keep running into max connection issues on mysql if I am using peristant > connections. Sometimes the machine gets high traffic and I was wondering > if there are good reasons to leave them on or off. After turning them > off its been ok for one of the sites/projects. The mysql setting was > originally 100 I got the bumped up to 500 but still the same issue ? > > Let me know. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php