connectionpooling

Author: ambhatna

articles/mariadb/concepts-limits.md

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ The maximum number of connections per pricing tier and vCores are as follows:
 When connections exceed the limit, you may receive the following error:
 > ERROR 1040 (08004): Too many connections
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> For best experience, we recommend that you use a connection pooler like ProxySQL to efficiently manage connections.
+
+A MariaDB connection, even idle, can occupy resources. Also, creating new connections takes time. Most applications request many short-lived connections, which compounds this situation. The result is fewer resources available for your actual workload leading to decreased performance. A connection pooler that decreases idle connections and reuses existing connections will help avoid this. To learn about setting up ProxySQL, visit our [blog post](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-mysql/load-balance-read-replicas-using-proxysql-in-azure-database-for/ba-p/880042).
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 ## Storage engine support
 
 ### Supported