Re: Concurrent User limitation?

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On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:29:13 -0500, Deb Landrum wrote:

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>Does anyone know if there IS a concurrent user limitation using MSDE to
>access a SQL application?

Hi Deb,

Well - sort of.

There is no real limit to the concurrent user connections, but there is
a limit to the number of concurrent workloads. If a connected user
spends most time entering data on the form, and only a fraction of the
total time actually executing queries, you can serve quite a few users
without ever running into problems. On the other hand, one single user
can spawn multiple concurrent workloads at once (though it's not
trivial).

The limit on concurrent workloads is set to 8 workloads, but since SQL
Server needs 3 workloads for it's internal processes, there are 5 left
for the users. Once you exceed the workload limit, you won;t get any
errors, but the overall performance of all workloads will be reduced.

Best, Hugo
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