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I am running a performance test on my development server of simulating 350 users hitting the site with an httpd request, at 2 second intervals.

I set the max mysql connections to 1500 and within 40-50 seconds, it gives me the message of:

Database Error: Unable to connect to your database. Your database appears to be turned off or the database connection settings in your config file are not correct. Please contact your hosting provider if the problem persists.

The question I have, is it possible that EE does not close the connection after the user was done w/ it’s httpd request?

EE 1.6.9
MySQL 5.0.77
PHP 5.1.6

You are using non-persistent connections, correct? Even so, it does take some time to close the handle and your site seems to be running out of open connections.

Correct. http://cl.ly/82b97b60ea914dc59e29

I think I am being unrealistic with the user load I am sending to the traffic and should work my way up to my maximum user/data load and then investigate.

Sounds like a plan 😊 Let us know what you find out.