Re: Using ASP.NET StateServer on another machine. So what?

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From: Joe Fallon (jfallon1_at_nospamtwcny.rr.com)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:23:49 -0400

You will never get a perfromance increase when moving from InProc to State
Server.
You will always get a decrease.

What you get in trade is increase in stability. 

-- 
Joe Fallon
"GeekBoy" <geekboy0001@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:b0f9709c.0410160529.41ca3795@posting.google.com...
> For those two reasons, I agree completely.  However, for one webserver
> how much of a difference could it possibly make?  I think, if you're
> careful with your session variables (I only have three simple types)
> then it might even be worse performance including the latency across
> your network... so, why bother storing it on another machine?  Has
> anyone noticed any performance increase by off-loading the state
> server to another machine?
>
>
> "Joe Fallon" <jfallon1@nospamtwcny.rr.com> wrote in message 
> news:<uCMPTAzsEHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
>> It is useful for a few reasons.
>>
>> 1. When you use InProc the session variables can be lost when the process
>> gets recycled.
>> This is the main reason for using StateServer. (Even if it is on the same
>> local box. You do not need  2nd box just for State Server.)
>>
>> 2. Web Farms can have multiuple boxes all pointed to the same State 
>> Server.
>> This lets you avoid "sticky sessions". Then you can truly load balance 
>> the
>> servers in the farm.
>>
>> -- 
>> Joe Fallon
>>
>>
>>
>> "GeekBoy" <geekboy0001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:b0f9709c.0410151629.554da1a4@posting.google.com...
>> >I understand the benefit of pushing the StateServer process onto
>> > another computer to "balance" the load and take some cpu and memory
>> > usage off the web server, but how much could it possibly help?
>> > Especially when you're talking about marshalling the data back and
>> > forth across your network (although on the same segment)?
>> > Here's my scenario: Each login stores exactly 3 session variables; one
>> > integer and two strings.  That's it.  Never, ever, is anything else
>> > ever stored in a session.  We have a couple hundred users.  So what?
>> > I mean, how much could moving the StateServer process to another
>> > computer REALLY help?  I tried it but don't notice anything.  This
>> > week, I'll be monitoring memory and cpu usage but my initial trials
>> > show nearly no difference at all... might as well use that other PC
>> > for something more useful.
>> > Thoughts?

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