I''ve setup my application to connect to multiple databases, but am running into a few issues in production. I also have a few questions. First, I''m using rails 3-2-stable, because I was running in to a prepared statement bug, which is only fixed in this branch [1]. I''m not up for using master at this time, unless I absolutely need to. Second, the pool size for the default and non-default database is 1, this is because I''m using unicorn. Also, because establish_connection on multiple databases does not use the pool size [2]. The issue: I have 4 unicorn workers. After I start the app and rapidly refresh on a few pages, the default database sees 4 connections. The non-default database sees only 1. And for the lifetime of the app, the non-default database only sees one connection. I also think this is slowing down the website. 1) What would cause the application to create only one connection for the non-default database, provided I have 4 workers? When I create a sample app on my local machine that uses the same configs with different code, I actually get 4 connections for both. See my unicorn file here: https://gist.github.com/3807073. All my non-default database models inherit from something that looks like: class OtherDb < ActiveRecord::Base self.abstract_class = true establish_connection "other_#{Rails.env}" end 2) What''s the proper way to setup a unicorn.rb file for multiple databases with `preload_app true`, since I have establish_connection in the OtherDb model and need to establish_connection to the default in the after_fork? 3) Should I be looking into a different rack web server? My queries are sub 500ms. [1] https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/5872 [2] https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/7019 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/xbXCsD-xXJ0J. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.