Re: Max user connections from Postgres Linux 7.2.1

I don't know of any upper limit on the number of sessions, except
hardware. I have heard it go into the thousands and I heard 10k once,
though I am not sure on that.

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chris(dot)gamble(at)CPBINC(dot)com wrote:
> Sounds great. In this scenerio, what would be considered beefy enough for
> that type fo user load? Or is there a place in an FAQ or something that can
> somewhat define how much extra resources are required for each extra user?
>
> And thank you for the rapid response, it never fails to completely boogle my
> mind at how fast and accurate the assistance on using postgres is.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Neil Conway [SMTP:nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org]
> > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 10:40 AM
> > To: chris(dot)gamble(at)CPBINC(dot)com
> > Cc: PostgreSQL General
> > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Max user connections from Postgres Linux 7.2.1
> >
> > chris(dot)gamble(at)CPBINC(dot)com writes:
> > > Can someone tell me what the maximum user limits I can expect from a
> > redhat
> > > 7.2+ server running postgres 7.2.1?
> >
> > The maximum number of connections will largely depend on the hardware
> > in the box (which you didn't mention ...) -- I'd bet you could run 512
> > or 768 simultaneous connections on Linux 2.4 with a beefy enough
> > machine.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Neil
> >
> > --
> > Neil Conway <neilconway(at)rogers(dot)com>
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