24 Jul
2005
24 Jul
'05
12:20 a.m.
On 18-07-2005 15:43, Michael Ulitskiy wrote:
Hello,
I'm using several modules that access a database.
I've noticed that when I start ser in forked mode with
"children=8", it generates 62 connections to database.
Does every child open a separate set of database handles
(one for every module)?
Yes.
I remember I saw on the mailing list advises to run
ser with hundreds of children to avoid problems when no workers
are available to process a message. If my guess is true it would
generate hundreds (or even thousands) of database connections.
I'm really interested to hear how people out there deal with it.
No, you don't need hundreds of children, usualy 16 is maximu what you
need. Newer ser versions contain connection pool, so each child will
open exactly one database connection and it will be reused across
modules.
On a separate note I'm curious whether number of
children in ser
is limited to a given startup value or ser is able to fork additional
children as needed?
Thank you,
It is limited by the value configured in the config file.
Jan.