Problem analysis
The frequent triple handshake/authentication process in short connection scenarios generates significant latency, especially in containerized deployments.
MCP Response Strategy
built-in platformIntelligent Connection PoolThe mechanism provides three levels of optimization:
- Global connection pool:Shared connection for all tools (specified via source configuration)
sources:
my-pg-source:
kind: postgres
max_connections: 20 - Adaptive reuse:Automatic adjustment of the number of connections according to the load
- Connection preheating:Pre-established minimum connections at startup
Configuration recommendations
1. Recommended settings for the production environment:
- Initial number of connections = number of CPU cores x 2
- Maximum number of connections does not exceed 80% of the database max_connections
2. Add health checks when deploying with Docker:healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "toolbox", "healthcheck"]
interval: 30s
monitoring tool
Get metrics such as connection utilization, wait queues, etc. via /metrics endpoints
This answer comes from the articleMCP Toolbox for Databases: MCP services for fast database operationsThe
