Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> We could consider establishing a "soft" connection limit that's somewhat >> less than max_connections, and allowing non-superusers to log in only >> if the soft limit hasn't been exceeded. This does not guarantee that >> superusers can always get in: the extra slots might have been filled by >> other superuser connections. But it'd give them better odds than the >> rabble.
> Yea, added to TODO: > * Reserve last process slot for super-user if max_connections reached I don't like phrasing it that way: if we are going to do this at all then the number of reserved slots should be a configurable parameter. If I were a DBA I'd want it to be at least two: figure one for a cron job (doing backups, periodic vacuums, etc) and one for emergency interactive superuser access. It definitely seems like something that installations would have differing views about. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]