Just wish to add-on to this to check with the experts in this list. Is the IMS in Ex5.5 or Virtual SMTP in Ex2k, multi-threaded.? That is if the server is dual CPU, does it means each CPU takes half the connections.
I ask the same question on the Unix Sendmail list sometime ago and was told Sendmail is process based. Sendmail can process 30 mails per second which means it can spawn 30 child process to process the load. How abt Exchange? Ong LB Exchange Admin NIE/Singapore -----Original Message----- From: Kent, Larry SYNETICS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 8:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: connection values for IMS I would bump the Max no. of connections to a single host up to 30... -----Original Message----- From: AHMET KAYA(EBI Bsk.- Uygulama Prog.) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 8:22 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: connection values for IMS hi, Number of mailboxes:3000 Configuration:EXC. 5.5 with SP4 org. on MS NT Srvs. with SP6 what is the appropriate connection numbers in IMS Transfer Mode portion for 3000 mailbox users?.. As all you know,the default values are below as below; Max.no of Inbound Connections:30 Max.no of Outbound Connections:20 Max.no of Connections to a single host:10 Max.no of Messages sent in a Connection:8 Does increasing these values effect IMS performance?..If yes, how can i implement this changing most effectively for 3000 users?..thanx all,rgdrs.. <<...OLE_Obj...>> List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm