NIniels·May 27, 2013
There are external apps that provide this.
https://github.com/gmcguire/django-db-pool https://github.com/kennethreitz/django-postgrespool
https://github.com/niwibe/djorm-ext-pool
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Django DB Pool - Another database persistance / pooling implementation for Django
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Here @ SendHub we've been using django-db-pool[0] since Q3 of 2012 in production and it's been pretty smooth sailing. NB: I highly recommend verifying via postgres logs that…
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3 sourcesYes, but pgpool isn't always an option. If you use Heroku's Postgres service, you do not have sufficient privileges to run the commands to attach to software like pgpool.
The only way we were able to get connection pooling working in django 1.3/1.4 was to use django-dbpool[0]. It works okay, but is still pretty sketchy compared to the connection pooling libraries available for the JVM like BoneCP or C3P0.
[0] https://github.com/gmcguire/django-db-pool
In 10 000 concurrent real-time connections to DjangoHere @ SendHub we've been using django-db-pool[0] since Q3 of 2012 in production and it's been pretty smooth sailing.
NB: I highly recommend verifying via postgres logs that the module is doing what you expect, because it may not be immediately clear whether the driver has bee activated or not.
[0] https://github.com/gmcguire/django-db-pool
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