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Number of Server Processes

Each AE system requires at least one communication process and one work process. If necessary, the number of server processes can be increased at any time. The communication workload should be well-balanced, and the whole communication process should not depend on one single process. We therefore recommend using two communication processes. Provide for the sufficient number of work processes depending on the number of processors that are used.

Minimum equipment:

1 primary work process
2 communication processes
2 work processes
2 dialog processes

Recommended equipment:

per computer - at least 2 communication processes
per core 1 - 3 work processes
upon requirement 2 - n dialog processes

The values shown above are based on the assumption that no other applications run on the particular computer.

The number of dialog processes to be used does not depend on the number of processors but on the number of users that are logged on to the system. Check the workload through the System Overview and create new ones when necessary.

Refer to the System Overview to check the workload of the individual server processes. Depending on the particular values you can react and start new Server processes if necessary.

Automic recommends setting up the number of your AE system's server processes in accordance with the above listing. There is no limit but with the number of server processes increasing, the internal administration effort becomes higher than the benefit gained from load distribution.

The databaseA database is an organized collection of data including relevant data structures. scheme has been designed for 5 communication processes. Additional table need to be prepared if more communication processes are required. Please contact the Automic Support team in this case.