RE: Nettype

> How do you judge whether you need 100 per thread or 200 ?? onstat -g ntd > We have an average of 1300 sessions. From zero users to 1300 sessions, what is your timeframe, if that is small ie < 2 minutes then there is mileage in reducing the number of connections and starting additional threads. Paul Watson # WFSoftware # All answers Tel: +44 1436 674729 # are pure Tel: +44 1436 678693 # fantasy www.wfsoftware.com/informix # > > "Watson, Paul" <Paul.Watson@aggregate.com> wrote in message > news:95dtqj$q9c$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > > Although the manuals don't differ they are not particularly > > > explicit in this > > > regard. Your first nettype defines 1x200 connections and the > > > second 3x384 > > > connections making a total of 1352 connections that are > > > catered for. However > > > the manual does state that each poll thread can handle > > > between 200 and 250 connections > > > > Never got anywhere near that on a moderately busy system, > > I usually use a 100 > > > > Paul Watson # > > WF Software Ltd # All answers are > > +44 1435 674629 # pure fantasy > > +44 1436 678693 # > > www.wfsoftware.com/informix # > > > > > > > so the second nettype should be 3x200 normal and > > > 3x250 maximum > > > ie 600 to 750 connections. The total catered for being 800 to > > > a max of 1000. > > > > > > Yours > > > -- > > > Earle A Long (Senior Informix DBA) > > > SINGLEPOINT UK LTD > > > > > > "Tony Woods" <twoods786@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > news:9573vb$erk$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > NETTYPE ipcshm,1,200,NET # Configure poll thread(s)> > > for nettype > > > > NETTYPE soctcp,3,384,CPU # Configure poll thread(s)> > > for nettype > > > > > > > > Does the above setting mean that 3 poll threads will handle 384 > > > connections > > > > or each of the 3 poll threads will handle 384 connections each? > > > > > > > > The description in the Informix Admin Guide and Informix > > > Performance Guide > > > > is different in this regards. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot in advance for all your replies. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Although the users do come in gradually from 7am onwards we do get quite a few surges where 300+ users will log in on the hour they come in. Our current settings are soctcp,6,250,NET and the onstat -g ntd looks like :- new4u: onstat -g ntd INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.22.UC4X1 -- On-Line -- Up 10 days 12:49:39 -- 2072608 Kbytes global network information: #netscb connects read write q-free q-limits q-exceed 883/1278 15592 5893844 5956963 7/ 10 10/ 10 -24527/ 3 Client Type Calls Accepted Rejected Read Write sqlexec yes 1051393 1357 5853783 5932537 srvinfx yes 0 0 0 0 onspace yes 0 0 0 0 onlog yes 0 0 0 0 onparam yes 0 0 0 0 oncheck yes 0 0 0 0 onload yes 0 0 0 0 onunload yes 0 0 0 0 onmonitor yes 0 0 0 0 dr_accept yes 0 0 0 0 cdraccept no 0 0 0 0 ontape yes 0 0 0 0 srvstat yes 0 0 0 0 asfecho yes 0 0 0 0 listener yes 0 0 15601 9 crsamexec yes 0 0 0 0 safe yes 0 0 24583 24590 Totals 1051393 1357 5893967 5957136 "Paul Watson" <pwatson@silicon.com> wrote in message news:95pben$ovk$1@news.xmission.com... > > > How do you judge whether you need 100 per thread or 200 ?? > > onstat -g ntd> > > We have an average of 1300 sessions. > > From zero users to 1300 sessions, what is your timeframe, > if that is small ie < 2 minutes then there is mileage in > reducing the number of connections and starting additional threads. > > Paul Watson # > WFSoftware # All answers > Tel: +44 1436 674729 # are pure > Tel: +44 1436 678693 # fantasy > www.wfsoftware.com/informix # > > > > "Watson, Paul" <Paul.Watson@aggregate.com> wrote in message > > news:95dtqj$q9c$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > > > > Although the manuals don't differ they are not particularly > > > > explicit in this > > > > regard. Your first nettype defines 1x200 connections and the > > > > second 3x384 > > > > connections making a total of 1352 connections that are > > > > catered for. However > > > > the manual does state that each poll thread can handle > > > > between 200 and 250 connections > > > > > > Never got anywhere near that on a moderately busy system, > > > I usually use a 100 > > > > > > Paul Watson # > > > WF Software Ltd # All answers are > > > +44 1435 674629 # pure fantasy > > > +44 1436 678693 # > > > www.wfsoftware.com/informix # > > > > > > > > > > so the second nettype should be 3x200 normal and > > > > 3x250 maximum > > > > ie 600 to 750 connections. The total catered for being 800 to > > > > a max of 1000. > > > > > > > > Yours > > > > -- > > > > Earle A Long (Senior Informix DBA) > > > > SINGLEPOINT UK LTD > > > > > > > > "Tony Woods" <twoods786@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > news:9573vb$erk$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > > NETTYPE ipcshm,1,200,NET # Configure poll thread(s)> > > > for nettype > > > > > NETTYPE soctcp,3,384,CPU # Configure poll thread(s)> > > > for nettype > > > > > > > > > > Does the above setting mean that 3 poll threads will handle 384 > > > > connections > > > > > or each of the 3 poll threads will handle 384 connections each? > > > > > > > > > > The description in the Informix Admin Guide and Informix > > > > Performance Guide > > > > > is different in this regards. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot in advance for all your replies. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > > http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >