When using the mysql, the same high concurrency results in a different problem (pasted from http://logs.openstack.org/67/591367/4/check/nova-next/f8892df/logs/screen-placement-api.txt.gz#_Aug_13_23_11_22_561724 ) Aug 13 23:11:22.553969 ubuntu-xenial-inap-mtl01-0001304255