Sounds like it might be a limit on the number of available sockets to the 
database server.  From the FrontBase list:

> And unless you are using Wonder and have the option enabled, each WO instance 
> will maintain two connections to the database, one of which is not needed 
> after launch.
> 
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> On 2012-11-26, at 2:03 PM, Svend Bodilsen wrote:
> 
>> Hi Robert
>> 
>> The number of connections to FrontBase is limited by the number of 
>> descriptors available to the process running the FronBase executable.  That 
>> is on Mac OS X normally 255. You can change that value with the bash command 
>> ulimit.  Globally you can change the value with the launchd configuration in 
>> /etc/launchd.conf.  ( man launchd.conf , man launchctl  (limit)).
>> 
>> On the running processes you can check the open descriptors with lsof.
>> 
>> Best regards
>> 
>>      Svend
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message: 
>> 
>>> From: Robert Stuart <bobstu...@mcf.com>
>>> Subject: Limit on number of connections?
>>> Date: 17. nov. 2012 20.40.38 CET
>>> To: "FrontBase Developer Discussion" <fb-...@frontbase.com>
>>> Reply-To: "FrontBase Developer Discussion" <fb-...@frontbase.com>
>>> 
>>> Running frontbase 5.2.1m on machine 1 running OS X server 10.5.8
>>> running Webobjects on machine 2 running OS X server 10.6.8 connecting to 
>>> machine 1 for DB use
>>> 
>>> It appears that we can't have more than ~121 instances on machine 2 
>>> connecting to machine 1. We we do the N+1 instance launches but as soon as 
>>> it tries to connect to FB it hangs. Killing on of the existing N instances 
>>> instantly frees up the hung one and it connects to FB and continues. It's 
>>> not a swapping type issue since machine 2 has 96G of RAM and we don't come 
>>> close to using all that yet.
>>> 
>>> Has anyone encountered this? Is it a FB issue, OS ?, something else?
>>> Thoughts on troubleshooting or work arounds appreciated.
>> 




On 2012-11-27, at 7:07 AM, doug andrews wrote:

> Is there a limit to the number of WebObjects applications that can be 
> deployed on a single machine?
> We have 63 applications deployed on a Windows Vista 6.1 machine.  Each has a 
> single instance.
> The existing applications all work correctly, but we cannot seem to add any 
> more applications.
> When we add a new applications, JavaMonitor launches the application and it 
> seems to be running, but you cannot connect.  
> I know the application is running because the app writes to its own log file, 
> plus I can connect with direct connect using the port number.  But when i try 
> the adaptor URL "https://host/scripts/WebObjects.exe/AppName";, I get "404 - 
> File or directory not found." returned in the browser.
> 
> Has anyone experienced this before?
> 
> -Doug Andrews
> -Mediaspan Software
> 
> 
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