pgbouncer complements postgresql: DBRaven

Source: Technology·Target: Technology

Summary

PgBouncer is the standard companion to PostgreSQL for connection pooling; deployed between the application and PostgreSQL to multiplex thousands of short-lived connections onto a bounded server connection pool.

Evidence

·postgresql lists pgbouncer in works_well_with and warns that >500 direct connections degrade performance (technologies/postgresql.yaml)
·pgbouncer multiplexes client connections without exhausting PostgreSQL max_connections (technologies/pgbouncer.yaml)

Evidence grounding

Grounded, 2 supporting items

PgBouncer multiplexes many client connections onto PostgreSQL's limited server pool.