Specifies the minimum number of connections that are opened and placed in a connection pool, in addition to the active connection, when the pool is created. The connection pool retains this number of connections, even when some connections exceed their Load Balance Timeout value.
Valid Values
0 | x
where:
x
is an integer from 1 to 65535.
For example, if set to 5, the start-up number of connections in the pool is 5 in addition to the current existing connection.
Behavior
If set to 0, no connections are opened in addition to the current existing connection.
This connection option can affect performance.