When MySQL gets slashdotted (Score 2)

Apparently thebench.org has tasted the slashdot effect, as I received these errors when I tried to connect:

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Too many connections in php_header.php3 on line 10 Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Too many connections in /web/sites/www.thebench.org/htdocs/index.php3 on line 81

Warning: MySQL: A link to the server could not be established in /web/sites/www.thebench.org/htdocs/index.php3 on line 81
Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Too many connections in /web/sites/www.thebench.org/htdocs/index.php3 on line 88
Warning: MySQL: A link to the server could not be established in /web/sites/www.thebench.org/htdocs/index.php3 on line 88
Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Too many connections in /web/sites/www.thebench.org/htdocs/index.php3 on line 93
Warning: MySQL: A link to the server could not be established in /web/sites/www.thebench.org/htdocs/index.php3 on line 93

Actually that kind of worries me, as I'm about to build a big site using MySQL and PHP3. The MySQL crash-me page shows both MySQL 3.23.8-beta and 3.22.29 as having a 101 connection limit, which seems rather low. Surprisingly, it shows Oracle 8.0.5.0.0 allowing only 40 simul connects.

With persistent connections enabled these limits don't seem too difficult to reach. Ugh.

javier