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6 mongoc_connection_pooling - Connection Pooling
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8 The MongoDB C driver has two connection modes: single-threaded and
9 pooled. Single-threaded mode is optimized for embedding the driver
10 within languages like PHP. Multi-threaded programs should use pooled
11 mode: this mode minimizes the total connection count, and in pooled
12 mode background threads monitor the MongoDB server topology, so the
13 program need not block to scan it.
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16 In single mode, your program creates a mongoc_client_t directly:
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18 mongoc_client_t *client = mongoc_client_new (
19 "mongodb://hostA,hostB/?replicaSet=my_rs");
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21 The client connects on demand when your program first uses it for a
22 MongoDB operation. Using a non-blocking socket per server, it begins a
23 check on each server concurrently, and uses the asynchronous poll or
24 select function to receive events from the sockets, until all have re‐
25 sponded or timed out. Put another way, in single-threaded mode the C
26 Driver fans out to begin all checks concurrently, then fans in once all
27 checks have completed or timed out. Once the scan completes, the client
28 executes your program's operation and returns.
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30 In single mode, the client re-scans the server topology roughly once
31 per minute. If more than a minute has elapsed since the previous scan,
32 the next operation on the client will block while the client completes
33 its scan. This interval is configurable with heartbeatFrequencyMS in
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36 A single client opens one connection per server in your topology: these
37 connections are used both for scanning the topology and performing nor‐
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41 To activate pooled mode, create a mongoc_client_pool_t:
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43 mongoc_uri_t *uri = mongoc_uri_new (
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46 mongoc_client_pool_t *pool = mongoc_client_pool_new (uri);
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48 When your program first calls mongoc_client_pool_pop, the pool launches
49 monitoring threads in the background. Monitoring threads independently
50 connect to all servers in the connection string. As monitoring threads
51 receive hello responses from the servers, they update the shared view
52 of the server topology. Additional monitoring threads and connections
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54 minated when servers are removed from the shared view of the server
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57 Each thread that executes MongoDB operations must check out a client
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60 mongoc_client_t *client = mongoc_client_pool_pop (pool);
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66 The mongoc_client_t object is not thread-safe, only the mon‐
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69 When the driver is in pooled mode, your program's operations are un‐
70 blocked as soon as monitoring discovers a usable server. For example,
71 if a thread in your program is waiting to execute an "insert" on the
72 primary, it is unblocked as soon as the primary is discovered, rather
73 than waiting for all secondaries to be checked as well.
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75 The pool opens one connection per server for monitoring, and each
76 client opens its own connection to each server it uses for application
77 operations. Background monitoring threads re-scan servers independently
78 roughly every 10 seconds. This interval is configurable with heartbeat‐
79 FrequencyMS in the connection string. (See mongoc_uri_t.)
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81 The connection string can also specify waitQueueTimeoutMS to limit the
82 time that mongoc_client_pool_pop will wait for a client from the pool.
83 (See mongoc_uri_t.) If waitQueueTimeoutMS is specified, then it is
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102 see mongoc_client_pool_t for an extended example of a multi-threaded
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