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Spring Boot Connection Pooling with HikariCP

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JOptimize Team

June 11, 2026· 11 min read

Pool size formula: (core_count*2)+spindle. Config: max=17, idle=8, timeout=10s, idle-timeout=15min, max-lifetime=25min.

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