> Just curious...what's the highest someone has set their > 'simultaneous requests' setting in the CF Admin to? > > I wonder if setting it to 100 (on a big dual PIII box) > would screw things up?
Yes, it probably would. I've seen appropriate values (determined by load-testing) between 4 and 12 threads per processor, but 100 is way out of the ballpark. Unfortunately, the only way to accurately determine the appropriate value, as hinted at above, is by load-testing the server with different values. Macromedia used to offer a course covering how to do this (and Fig Leaf still offers the course occasionally), but basically, it boils down to load-testing a specific application or set of applications, and changing the value in the CF Administrator, and retesting ... Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
