Maximum MySQL connections at once

[dandsk]

What exactly does this term mean stated in the TOS?

+ Have open more than 20 remote (non-local) connections to the MySQL server per remote IP address

Does it mean 20 remote IP addresses are able to make connections with each MySQL database per second, or what? I'm asking this because the servers I run are continuously relying on MySQL to serve data to and back from the server, and I haven't noticed any errors coming from the MySQL server stating "overloaded" or something similar.

Thanks.

[Edge100x]

This means that only 20 connections can be open at a time from each remote IP address. If you have software which opens a connection and then closes it, then it will not be holding it open for very long.

[dandsk]

I feel stupid. Just realized that it's 20 connections PER remote IP, not 20 total.

Thanks for the answer.