# The databases/pgbouncer port

## pgbouncer-1.6.1 – lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL

## Description

    PgBouncer is a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL.

    Features:
    * Several levels of brutality when rotating connections:
      + Session pooling
    Most polite method. When client connects, a server connection will
    be assigned to it for the whole duration it stays connected. When
    client disconnects, the server connection will be put back into
    pool. This mode supports all PostgreSQL features.
      + Transaction pooling
    Server connection is assigned to client only during a transaction.
    When PgBouncer notices that transaction is over, the server will be
    put back into pool.  This mode breaks few session-based features of
    PostgreSQL. You can use it only when application cooperates by not
    using features that break. See the table below for incompatible
    features.
      + Statement pooling
    Most aggressive method. This is transaction pooling with a twist -
    multi-statement transactions are disallowed. This is meant to
    enforce "autocommit" mode on client, mostly targeted for PL/Proxy.

    * Low memory requirements (2k per connection by default). This is due to
    the fact that PgBouncer does not need to see full packet at once.
    * It is not tied to one backend server, the destination databases can reside
    on different hosts.
    * Supports online reconfiguration for most of the settings.
    * Supports online restart/upgrade without dropping client connections.
    * Supports protocol V3 only, so backend version must be >= 7.4.

WWW: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgBouncer

Categories:
  databases

## Library dependencies

## Build dependencies

- STEM->=1.21:textproc/groff
- devel/gmake
- devel/libeventextra

## Run dependencies