RE: Web Services Processor Utilization

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The problem is taht you still don't know if the spike is caused by the
service logic or by the logic you called through the API! Maybe you could
build and use a mock object instead of calling the API, to see if the high
processing load is in the service logic.

"John Doe" wrote:

> The actual web service does not connect to a database, it connects to a
> proprietary API gateway which also uses .Net. I apologize for the confusion,
> but I was trying to illustrate the fact that, as in the example, when
> returning an XML document with approximately 90 rows, that processor
> utilization spikes to about 50%. The actual format of the XML Document is
> similar to the following
> <quotes><quote symbol="msft" close="26.8"></quote></quotes>
>
>
> "dbottjer" wrote:
>
> > In the example you give your query users a "select *" I realize this is
> > likely just an example but I would look at the query you are using and make
> > sure you are returning only the data you need. For example, specify each
> > collumn you need and do not use a select *. Furthermore, use a where clause
> > to eliminate unwanted data.
> >
> > I would also suggest possibly applying indexes to the table or tables you
> > are returning data from. Indexes can help the database find the results you
> > are looking for faster.
> >
> > As previously suggested caching might be a good option to look at.
> >
> > Another suggestion would be to possibly look at using Data Transfermation
> > Objects (DTO) instead of a data set. Datasets can get rather large and do
> > have some overhead. Populating a collection of objects could possibly reduce
> > some overhead.
> >
> > "John Doe" wrote:
> >
> > > I have written a web service that returns an XmlDocument. The code is similar
> > > to the example below, except it returns an XmlDocument rather than an
> > > XmlDataDocument. When I run the service from the test harness in VS (or from
> > > a client page), CPU utilization on the Web server spikes to over 50% and
> > > returns quickly to around 0-5% after it has completed. I have tried the
> > > following:
> > > 1) Changed the type returned by the web service to type string.
> > > 2) Turned off Session State on the web server
> > > 3) Turned off logging on the Web server
> > > 4) Use anonymous authentication.
> > >
> > > I would like to limit the amount of processor used on the web server when
> > > the service is called. My client is concerned about this, because eventually
> > > there will be hundreds of concurrent users. What other steps can I take to
> > > limit the amount of CPU used?
> > >
> > > [WebMethod( Description="Returns Northwind Customers",EnableSession =false)]
> > > public XmlDocument GetData()
> > > {
> > >
> > > SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist
> > > Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=Northwind;Data Source=xxxxxxx");
> > > SqlDataAdapter cmd = new SqlDataAdapter("Select * from Customers",conn);
> > > DataSet ds = new DataSet();
> > > cmd.Fill(ds,"Orders");
> > > XmlDataDocument doc = new XmlDataDocument(ds);
> > > return doc;
> > >
.



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