require 'rubygems' require 'sequel' require 'mysqlplus' class Mysql unless method_defined? :sync_query alias :sync_query :query alias :query :async_query end end DB = Sequel.connect('mysql://root@localhost', :max_connections => 20) start = Time.now (0..10).map do Thread.new do p DB['select sleep(2)'].all end end.map{|t| t.join } p (Time.now - start)