John, at Allaire we used 3-5 simultaneous requests per processor as our guideline but this is a setting that does not have such a huge impact on the user experience as it might sound. It is set "low" so as not to over burden the CF box. The restart at X unresponsive requests I would have around 5 maximum also because a single unresponsive request has an immense impact on the resource usage.
But I have a question, are you having problems with this server or are you just asking? Because if you are not having problems setting these values "low" will have little effect. On a server with apps running cleanly you will have little no unresponsive requests, in fact on our systems we have this set to restart at 3. Hope this helps. Mike Brunt, CTO Webapper http://www.webapper.com Tel: 562.243.6255 Instant Messaging AIM: MediaEmbee Webbaper, Downey CA Office "Webapper - Making the NET Work" -----Original Message----- From: John Innit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:50 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Optimal settings for LIMIT SIMULTANEOUS REQUESTS Our web server is a P3 500 with 512KB RAM running WIN2K/ IIS & CF 4.5.1 our DB server is also a P3 500 with 512KB RAM running WIN2K and SQL SERVER 2000 I've read the rule of thumb for the limit simultaneous requests should be 2x or 3x the number of processors on the box, as we have 1 processor on our web server does this mean our setting should be only 2 simultaneous requests??? This seems frighteningly low to me!! currently we have it set to 15. - am I missing something here ? Also we have our server settings to restart after 10 unresponsive requests - any suggestions? Thanks in advance. "The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad." - Salvador Dali (1904-1989) ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
