Mark, perhaps this will help (posted previously in response to someone else):
> Assuming you actually get a full 1.5M bits/s throughput all the time and your > messages are 20K in size: > > 1.5Mbps = 1,536Kbps = 153.6K Bytes/s (8bits/byte + start + stop bits) = 7.68 20KB > msgs/s = 27,648 msgs/hr. > > So under ideal circumstances you'll only see about 27K msgs/hr, and under real world > conditions I think 20K/hr is pretty good. Also remember that things like DNS lookups can limit your sending speed. Cheers, -Max At 2/19/2004 02:02 PM -0400, Mark Kecko wrote: >Howie, > >Does iMS, secifically POST, take advantage of dual processors? We have 2x500 >Mhz machine sending through a full T1 and it only seems to send at a maximum >of 1/2 the T1. It takes over 2 hours to get out 40,000 newsletters, about the >same speed we sent at while on a 400Mhz machine. > >Here are my POST settings. >Threads: 100 >Max Bandwidth: 0 >Min Bandwidth per thread: 1000 >Allocation Factor: 50 >Simultaneous App Connections: 5 > >Do you think the processor setup of our new machine the bottleneck for not >sending using the full T1? ==^======================================================= This list server is Powered by iMS "The Swiss Army Knife of Mail Servers" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as a free service. Although we will try to address issues in a timely manner, support via this list is not guaranteed. If you require expedited support then a support contract is required. Support may be purchased from http://www.coolfusion.com/commerce. Details regarding support options may be reviewed at: http://www.coolfusion.com/SupportOptions.cfm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave this list please complete the form at http://www.coolfusion.com/Support/ Need an iMS Developer license? Sign up for a free license here: http://www.coolfusion.com/Developers/ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/infusion-email%40eoscape.com/ Note: You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^=======================================================
