Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 565

5 Increase the number in the Client/Server Handler Threads field as needed to increase the
maximum number of threads the POA can create.
The optimum number of threads for a POA is affected by many factors, including available
system resources, number of users in Caching mode, number of users priming Caching
mailboxes, and so on.
Plan on at least one client/server handler thread per 20-30 client/server users. Or, you can
increase the number of client/server handler threads in increments of three to five threads until
acceptable throughput is reached. Another approach is to set the value high initially and then
monitor thread usage with the C/S Handler Threads link on the
console. If some of the threads always have a count of 0 (zero), meaning they are never used,
you can decrease the number of client/server handler threads accordingly.
6 Increase the number in the Max Physical Connections field as needed to increase the amount of
TCP/IP traffic the POA can accommodate.
Plan on one to two physical connections per user in the post office.
7 Increase the number in the Max App Connections field as needed to increase the number of
activities the attached users can perform concurrently.
Plan on three to four application connections per user in the post office.
8 Set Message File Processing to Off. Make sure another POA handles message file processing.
9 Select Disable Administration Task Processing, so that this POA does not run an admin thread.
Make sure that another POA handles administration tasks.
10 Click Apply to save the updated information on the Agent Settings page.
11 Click GroupWise > QuickFinder.
12 Deselect Enable QuickFinder Indexing, then click Apply. Make sure another POA handles
indexing.
13 Click GroupWise > Maintenance.
14 Deselect Enable Automatic Database Recovery. Make sure another POA handles database
recovery.
15 Set Maintenance Handler Threads to 0 (zero). Make sure another POA handles database
maintenance and disk space management.
16 Deselect Perform User Upkeep and deselect Generate Address Book for Remote. Make sure
another POA handles these tasks.
17 Click OK to save the new settings for dedicated client/server processing.
18 Install the POA software on a different server from where the original POA for the post office is
already running. See
19 Add the /name switch to the POA startup file and specify the name designated when you
created the new POA object. Also add the /name switch to the startup file for the original POA.
20 Start the dedicated client/server POA.
Corresponding Startup Switches You can also use the /nomf, /noqf, /norecover, /nogwchk,
nonuu, and /nordab switches in the POA startup file to disable non-client/server processing, then use
the /tcpthreads, /maxappconns, and
processing.
"Installing GroupWise Agents" in the
/maxphysconns
Status page of the POA Web
GroupWise 8 Installation
switches to adjust the POA client/server
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