Incoming connections windows 2003

[Guest Flando]

How many inbound connections are possible on a windows 2003 server based

system? Is there a limit?

 

Thanks

[Guest Chris White]

RE: Incoming connections windows 2003

 

Windows 2003 Web Server - 10 Connection Limit I know.

 

But for some reason i have the figure "1000" in my head for maximum

connections to Windows 2003 Server.

 

Obviously connection limits are hardware dependant and some servers will

suffer performance degredation way before the limit is reached.

 

Thats where good network architecture is very important. I wouldn't allow

any server to load up excessivly. With todays Server O.S. capability there

isn't any need to let that happen IMO.

--

Chris White

United Kingdom

 

 

"Flando" wrote:

> How many inbound connections are possible on a windows 2003 server based

> system? Is there a limit?

>

> Thanks

[Guest Flando]

RE: Incoming connections windows 2003

 

Ok Chris, but is there any Microsoft Best Practice for the maximum concurrent

connections to a single file server shared folders?

 

Thanks

Fabio

 

"Chris White" wrote:

> Windows 2003 Web Server - 10 Connection Limit I know.

>

> But for some reason i have the figure "1000" in my head for maximum

> connections to Windows 2003 Server.

>

> Obviously connection limits are hardware dependant and some servers will

> suffer performance degredation way before the limit is reached.

>

> Thats where good network architecture is very important. I wouldn't allow

> any server to load up excessivly. With todays Server O.S. capability there

> isn't any need to let that happen IMO.

> --

> Chris White

> United Kingdom

>

>

> "Flando" wrote:

>

> > How many inbound connections are possible on a windows 2003 server based

> > system? Is there a limit?

> >

> > Thanks

[Guest Chris White]

RE: Incoming connections windows 2003

 

Hi Flando,

 

This subject is too variable to have a Best Practice really.

 

Its very hard to find anything related to this topic on the web unless you

know where to dig. Unfortunatly there is no sign of treasure where i've been

digging.

 

Anyway, in terms of reality and using a bit of common sense I would keep

connection limits down to about 500/600 Users dependant on your network

structure, other bandwidth use (DFSR, Backups, etc.) and server hardware.

 

Obviously with all these variables it would be hard for Microsoft to say

"This is the max amount of users per share" etc.

 

Remember that Microsoft state the backlog for a LAN card is 200 Connections.

So ensure you have enough LAN cards to support this also.

 

I integrated LAN teaming into my file servers due to heavy use.

--

Chris White

United Kingdom

 

 

"Flando" wrote:

> Ok Chris, but is there any Microsoft Best Practice for the maximum concurrent

> connections to a single file server shared folders?

>

> Thanks

> Fabio

>

> "Chris White" wrote:

>

> > Windows 2003 Web Server - 10 Connection Limit I know.

> >

> > But for some reason i have the figure "1000" in my head for maximum

> > connections to Windows 2003 Server.

> >

> > Obviously connection limits are hardware dependant and some servers will

> > suffer performance degredation way before the limit is reached.

> >

> > Thats where good network architecture is very important. I wouldn't allow

> > any server to load up excessivly. With todays Server O.S. capability there

> > isn't any need to let that happen IMO.

> > --

> > Chris White

> > United Kingdom

> >

> >

> > "Flando" wrote:

> >

> > > How many inbound connections are possible on a windows 2003 server based

> > > system? Is there a limit?

> > >

> > > Thanks

[Guest Flando]

RE: Incoming connections windows 2003

 

I found what I'm looking for.

 

Thanks anyway.

Bye

Fabio

 

Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Deployment Kit

 

Planning Server Deployments

 

Chapter 2 Designing and Deploying File Servers (pag 142)

Remote concurrent file handles

A file server running Windows Server 2003 with 1 GB of RAM can efficiently

support approximately 100,000 remote concurrent file handles, regardless of

the size of the files. If your users are likely to have more than 100,000

files open at a time, plan to split this load across two or more servers.

 

"Chris White" wrote:

> Hi Flando,

>

> This subject is too variable to have a Best Practice really.

>

> Its very hard to find anything related to this topic on the web unless you

> know where to dig. Unfortunatly there is no sign of treasure where i've been

> digging.

>

> Anyway, in terms of reality and using a bit of common sense I would keep

> connection limits down to about 500/600 Users dependant on your network

> structure, other bandwidth use (DFSR, Backups, etc.) and server hardware.

>

> Obviously with all these variables it would be hard for Microsoft to say

> "This is the max amount of users per share" etc.

>

> Remember that Microsoft state the backlog for a LAN card is 200 Connections.

> So ensure you have enough LAN cards to support this also.

>

> I integrated LAN teaming into my file servers due to heavy use.

> --

> Chris White

> United Kingdom

>

>

> "Flando" wrote:

>

> > Ok Chris, but is there any Microsoft Best Practice for the maximum concurrent

> > connections to a single file server shared folders?

> >

> > Thanks

> > Fabio

> >

> > "Chris White" wrote:

> >

> > > Windows 2003 Web Server - 10 Connection Limit I know.

> > >

> > > But for some reason i have the figure "1000" in my head for maximum

> > > connections to Windows 2003 Server.

> > >

> > > Obviously connection limits are hardware dependant and some servers will

> > > suffer performance degredation way before the limit is reached.

> > >

> > > Thats where good network architecture is very important. I wouldn't allow

> > > any server to load up excessivly. With todays Server O.S. capability there

> > > isn't any need to let that happen IMO.

> > > --

> > > Chris White

> > > United Kingdom

> > >

> > >

> > > "Flando" wrote:

> > >

> > > > How many inbound connections are possible on a windows 2003 server based

> > > > system? Is there a limit?

> > > >

> > > > Thanks