Comparing Connection Poolers for PostgreSQL
Wednesday, October 23 at 17:20–18:10
Room: Olympia B
There is a growing number of connection poolers for PostgreSQL available, and there are few comparisons of their features and performance.
In addition to the tried and true options of pgpool-II (released 2006) and pgbouncer (2007), there are new contenders: odyssey (2019), pgagroal (2019), pgcat (2022), and supavisor (2023). The talk will compare at least four of the mentioned connection poolers.
Join me for an exploration of connection poolers for PostgreSQL: - basics of connection pooling - challenges of operating connection poolers - introduction and feature comparison of different poolers - performance evaluation of different poolers - general guidance on when and how to implement connection poolers
