Hello,
We are currently going through an exercise of trying to cut down on the number of OpenEdge Appservers we have and am looking for any advice on a recommended number of server instances an app server should have.
Current Setup:
10 virtual servers each hosting one OpenEdge Appserver. Each appserver is setup to start 5 instances, with a minimum of 1 and a max of 250. However, each appserver usually only gets to 40-45 server instances on any given day.
Proposed Setup:
3 physical servers each hosting one OpenEdge Appserver. Configured with the same server instance settings as above.
So with an approximate user base of 400-450 users, this would mean the new setup would need to run ~150 instances/Appserver. I'm not concerned from a hardware perspective, as we've setup pretty powerful servers (64GB RAM, 2xE5-2690 Intel Processors, plenty of disk space). However, from an OpenEdge Appserver perspective, is this too many instances to be running on one Appserver? Is there a recommended number that one should try and stay below to prevent impacting performance/reliability?
Thanks in advance,
Doug
If processing power is not an issue, this amount of client instances should not be a problem. Note that AppServer instances might not be the same as "Maximum client instances". I mean that one single AppServer process _proapsv.exe can serve multiple connected clients if "Maximum client instances" is more than 1. Depending on the length of the AppServer calls, I'd rather increase that number, i.e. have less _proapsv.exe that serves more clients each .