SQL problems

[spaceforce]

Hi, I'm on the Boru server and I just installed phpBB via Softaculous, but every so often I get this error:
General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

Lost connection to MySQL server during query [2013]

Any idea why this might be happening and how to fix it?

 

[xav0989]

Make sure you don't use persistent connections. Our system often flush connections so that the mysql server doesn't overload, and it can cause problems with persistent connections.

 

[spaceforce]

Sorry, I'm not really an expert, what are 'persistent connections'?

 

[Smith6612]

Sorry, I'm not really an expert, what are 'persistent connections'?

Persistent connections are simply connections that keep themselves open or alive. It's more of a performance option should you have a very, very large website that generates a ton of traffic and you are not on shared hosting. Keeps the load down on the MySQL server by keeping a connection open (as creating connections does increase load) but at the expense of a lesser connection count for others to use. Basically, not really ideal unless you have your own MySQL Server and your own dedicated server.

 

[spaceforce]

So does this need solving somehow or what? The only thing I'm running on my site at the moment is 2 phpbb installations.