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Note connection recommendation
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pool_size note
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Update docs/configuration/pgdog.toml/databases.md
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions docs/configuration/pgdog.toml/databases.md
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Expand Up @@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ Default: **`0`**

Overrides the [`default_pool_size`](general.md#default_pool_size) setting. All connection pools for this database will open at most this many connections to Postgres.

!!! note "Recommendation"
We strongly recommend keeping this value well below the supported connections of the backend database(s) to allow connections for maintenance in high load scenarios.

### `statement_timeout`

This setting configures the `statement_timeout` connection parameter on all connections to Postgres for this database.
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions docs/configuration/pgdog.toml/general.md
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Expand Up @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Default: **`0`** (current thread runtime)

Default maximum number of server connections per database pool. The pooler will not open more than this many PostgreSQL database connections when serving clients.

!!! note "Recommendation"
We strongly recommend keeping this value well below the supported connections of the backend database(s) to allow connections for maintenance in high load scenarios.

Default: **`10`**

### `min_pool_size`
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