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Connection Pooling
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Use caseManaging and reusing database connections to improve application performance
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WikidataQ1129741
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Connection Pooling

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Technique of maintaining a cache of database connections for reuse across multiple requests

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Managing and reusing database connections to improve application performanceUnverifiedHighFresh1

requires configuration of

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Maximum pool sizeUnverifiedHighFresh1
Connection timeout settingsUnverifiedHighFresh1

reduces overhead of

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Database connection establishment and teardownUnverifiedHighFresh1

implemented in

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Apache Commons DBCPUnverifiedHighFresh1
HikariCPUnverifiedHighFresh1
C3P0UnverifiedModerateFresh1

integrates with

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JDBC driversUnverifiedHighFresh1
ADO.NET connection poolsUnverifiedHighFresh1

supports database

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PostgreSQLUnverifiedHighFresh1
MySQLUnverifiedHighFresh1
Oracle DatabaseUnverifiedModerateFresh1

supports protocol

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TCP/IP database connectionsUnverifiedModerateFresh1

mitigates problem

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Connection exhaustion under high loadUnverifiedModerateFresh1

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