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DOCS-924: clarifiy connection pooling faq
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Each client maintains a connection to a :program:`mongos` instance.
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Each :program:`mongos` instance maintains a pool of connections to
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the members of a replica set supporting the sharded cluster.
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Connections between :program:`mongos` and :program:`mongod` instances
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are used by one client at a time (requests are not multiplexed or
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pipelined) and then returned to the connection pool.
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Each :program:`mongos` instance maintains a pool of connections to the
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members of a replica set supporting the sharded cluster. Clients use
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connections between :program:`mongos` and :program:`mongod` instances
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one at a time. Requests are not multiplexed or pipelined. When client
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requests complete, the :program:`mongos` returns the connection to the
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pool.
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See the :ref:`System Resource Utilization
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<system-resource-utilization>` section of the
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:doc:`/administration/ulimit` document.
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Why does ``mongos`` hold connections open?
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