AKA *"What you probably didn't know about connection pool sizing"*. Watch a video from the Oracle Real-world Performance group, and learn about why connection pools do not need to be sized as large as they often are. In fact, oversized connection pools have a clear and demonstrable *negative* impact on performance; a 50x difference in the case of the Oracle demonstration. [Read on to find out](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP/wiki/About-Pool-Sizing).
AKA *"What you probably didn't know about connection pool sizing"*. Watch a video from the Oracle Real-world Performance group, and learn about why database connections do not need to be so numerous as they often are. In fact, too many connections have a clear and demonstrable *negative* impact on performance; a 50x difference in the case of the Oracle demonstration. [Read on to find out](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP/wiki/About-Pool-Sizing).