Connection pooling demystified

One of the frequent complaints developers receive from DBAs is about misconfigured connection pools and insane number of connections applications tend to allocate. This session explains basics about connection pooling, why they are used, and how to configure them for availability and performance.Main themes of the presentation:* How to use connection pooling for low response times and high throughput* Challenges for availability that connection pooling presents* Connection pool as a circuit breaker* Technologies from Oracle: Universal Connection Pool, database resident connection pooling and connection manager* Connection pooling and RAC: FCF, FAN and other cool acronyms