MySQL Error “Too many connections”

Question

I am using MySQL 5.0 for a site that is hosted by GoDaddy (linux).

I was doing some testing on my web app, and suddenly I noticed that the pages were refreshing rea

Answer 1

Are you completely sure that the database server is completely dedicated to you?

Log on to the datbase as root and use "SHOW PROCESSLIST" to see who's connected. Ideally hook this into your monitoring system to view how many connections there are over time and alert if there are too many.

The maximum database connections can be configured in my.cnf, but watch out for running out of memory or address space.