Optimal number of connections in connection pool

Question

Currently we are using 4 cpu windows box with 8gb RAM with MySQL 5.x installed on same box. We are using Weblogic application server for our application. We are targeting fo

Answer 1

Sizing connection pool is not a trivial thing to do. You basically need:

• metrics to investigate the connection usage
• failover mechanisms for when there is no connection available

FlexyPool aims to aid you figuring our the right connection pool size.

You might check the following articles:

• FlexyPool, reactive connection pooling

• Professional Connection Pool Sizing

• The simple scalability equation