connection pool

Hallo

Need your help

1 got a Site runnig php 4.4.2 and postgresql (8.1.4) and
Follwing problem

- 4 Server (Apache) up to 300 clients connection to the DB
- 1 DB machine

So:

- If I run with persisent, i got up to 1200 Connction and I run out
of memeory

- if I run with no persisent connection i got massive forking of postgres
(but less problems)

How can I build up a Pool of Connections ?

What about "Pgpool" ?

Thanks













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Re: connection pool

Hi,

I had the same trouble 6 years ago with my beginning of Postgresql ...

4 web and 1 db ...

Just put a limitation in the php.ini

; Maximum number of persistent links. -1 means no limit.
pgsql.max_persistent =3D 18

; Maximum number of links (persistent+non persistent). -1 means no limit=
..
pgsql.max_links =3D 18

It'll run perfectly ... for me it's like that since 6 years ... and I hav=
e=20
thousand of visitor each day on my services :o)

Regards,

Le lundi 31 juillet 2006 21:48, Peter Hofer a =E9crit :
> Hallo
>
> Need your help
>
> 1 got a Site runnig php 4.4.2 and postgresql (8.1.4) and
> Follwing problem
>
> - 4 Server (Apache) up to 300 clients connection to the DB
> - 1 DB machine
>
> So:
>
> - If I run with persisent, i got up to 1200 Connction and I run out
> of memeory
>
> - if I run with no persisent connection i got massive forking of postgr=
es
> (but less problems)
>
> How can I build up a Pool of Connections ?
>
> What about "Pgpool" ?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: connection pool

Hy=20

Thanks for your answer=20

As far as i know " pgsql.max_persistent " limits the no on=20
Persistent Connections per apache client - and not for all=20
Apaches - so I set it "pgsql.max_persistent =3D 1" since we=20
Connect to the same DB all the time=20

Currently we got 2 Servers runnung with persistent Connection,=20
and 2 Server with non-persitent connections=20

Right now i have 359 progres running, 345 are idle.=20

If I set the other servers to persistent connections, too, I will have=20
About 700 progres running - 95% on idle=20
They all take memory ...=20

I will have to expand up to 10 and more WebServers in near future=20
Therefore persistent-Connection (because of the memory amount to handle 1500
Connection) nor=20
Non-persistent-Connection (because of forking ) is a suitable way=20

What I think about, is a maschine getting all the Connections from the
Apache, and=20
Forward only those to the DB whitch are not idle=20

Any idea ?=20

Thanks=20

Peter=20

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> An: pgsql-php@postgresql.org; peter.hofer@ics.at
> Betreff: Re: [PHP] connection pool
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> Hi,
>=20
> I had the same trouble 6 years ago with my beginning of Postgresql ...
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> 4 web and 1 db ...
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> Just put a limitation in the php.ini
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> ; Maximum number of persistent links. -1 means no limit.
> pgsql.max_persistent =3D 18
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> ; Maximum number of links (persistent+non persistent). -1=20
> means no limit.
> pgsql.max_links =3D 18
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> It'll run perfectly ... for me it's like that since 6 years=20
> ... and I have thousand of visitor each day on my services :o)
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> Regards,
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> Le lundi 31 juillet 2006 21:48, Peter Hofer a =E9crit :
> > Hallo
> >
> > Need your help
> >
> > 1 got a Site runnig php 4.4.2 and postgresql (8.1.4) and Follwing=20
> > problem
> >
> > - 4 Server (Apache) up to 300 clients connection to the DB
> > - 1 DB machine
> >
> > So:
> >
> > - If I run with persisent, i got up to 1200 Connction and I run out
> > of memeory
> >
> > - if I run with no persisent connection i got massive=20
> forking of postgres
> > (but less problems)
> >
> > How can I build up a Pool of Connections ?
> >
> > What about "Pgpool" ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: connection pool

On Monday 31 July 2006 15:48, Peter Hofer wrote:
> Hallo
>
> Need your help
>
> 1 got a Site runnig php 4.4.2 and postgresql (8.1.4) and
> Follwing problem
>
> - 4 Server (Apache) up to 300 clients connection to the DB
> - 1 DB machine
>
> So:
>
> - If I run with persisent, i got up to 1200 Connction and I run out
> of memeory
>

one recommendation would be to set your max # of apache children to something
less than the amount of connections you can handle on postgresql. for
example, if you can only handle 1000 connections, set the max # of children
per server to say 245 (leave 20 slots for super user connections).

one thing I do wonder about is just how much ram (or how little) you have
available. istm 1200 connections should not run you out of memory on a
dedicated db machine.

> - if I run with no persisent connection i got massive forking of postgres
> (but less problems)
>

yeah... I often recommend not using persistent connections in php since they
tend to cause trouble :-)

> How can I build up a Pool of Connections ?
>
> What about "Pgpool" ?
>

RIght... pgpool basically acts as an intermediary, so everything connects to
the pool, which then forwards on requests to the database. I would think
reducing the number of apache children would work better, but this might be
worth a shot since your mixing pg_connect and pg_pconnect between servers. If
you do please report back your experience to the list :-)

--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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