Tuning Your Server For Performance; Editing The Magnus.conf File - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 08-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Tuning Your Server for Performance

There are two ways to tune the thread limit: through editing the
and through the Server Manager.
If you edit the
and
RqThrottle
The minimum limit is a goal for how many threads the server attempts to keep in
the
WaitingThreads
in this state may go slightly above or below this value. The default value is 48. The
maximum threads represents a hard limit for the maximum number of active
threads that can run simultaneously, which can become a bottleneck for
performance. The default value of
specified in the file for
If you use the Server Manager, follow these steps:
Go to the Preferences tab.
1.
Click the Performance Tuning link.
2.
Enter the desired value in the Maximum simultaneous requests field.
3.
For additional information, see the online help for the Performance Tuning page.
See also the Netscape Enterprise Server Performance Tuning, Sizing, and Scaling Guide.

Editing the magnus.conf File

When the Enterprise Server starts up, it looks in a file called
server_root/
settings that affect the server's behavior and configuration. Enterprise Server
executes all the directives defined in
the
magnus.conf
For a complete description of the
the file using a text editor, see the Netscape Enterprise Server Programmer's Guide.
To access the Magnus Editor, perform the following steps:
Access the Server Manager and choose the Preferences tab.
1.
Click the Magnus Editor link.
2.
Select the settings to edit from the drop-down list and click Manage.
3.
The Server Manager displays the editor for the settings you specified.
file,
magnus.conf
is the maximum value.
state. This number is just a goal. The number of actual threads
RqThrottle
server_id
https- /config
file using the Magnus Editor in the Server Manager.
RqThrottleMinPerSocket
in
RqThrottle magnus.conf
, Enterprise Server assumes a default of 512.
directory to establish a set of global variable
. You can edit certain settings in
magnus.conf
file and information about editing
magnus.conf
Chapter 7
Tuning Your Server for Performance
magnus.conf
is the minimum value
is 128. If no value is
in the
magnus.conf
Configuring Server Preferences
file
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