so_reuseport
HoldTechniques
A socket option that lets multiple processes bind the same port and share incoming connections.
Why it's here
Placed in Hold: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 0 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.
Evidence (1)
- 7Hacker News·7/11/2026researchPgBouncer fleet scales Postgres pooling to 4x throughput
ClickHouse Managed Postgres describes running multiple PgBouncer processes behind one endpoint using so_reuseport and peering to spread connection pooling across CPU cores. In identical EC2 tests, the multi-process setup reached about 4x the throughput of a single PgBouncer process while preserving query cancellation and connection limits.