Difference between worker process recycling options

Niels

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Sep 29, 2005, 11:15:12 AM9/29/05

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Hello,

Can anybody tell me the difference between the worker process recycling
options

-"Recycle worker processes (in minutes)" - AppPool properties -
Recycling tab-

and

-"Shutdown worker processes after being idle for (time in minutes)" -
AppPool properties - Performance tab-

For the first one the help file says "Select to recycle worker
processes after a specific period of inactivity." What kind of
inactivity is this? I've set it to one minute, but the processes are
not being recycled. Isn't it the same as being idle?

Niels

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Kristofer Gafvert [MVP]

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Sep 29, 2005, 4:25:06 PM9/29/05

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How do you control that the worker process has been recycled?

"Recycle worker processes (in minutes)" should recycle the worker process
after the specified time has elapsed.

"Shutdown worker processes after being idle for (time in minutes)" should
shutdown (but not start) the worker process after being idle for a
specified time.

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David Wang [Msft]

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Oct 1, 2005, 6:16:21 AM10/1/05

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The former guarantees a recycle every X minutes. Default is 1940, which
guarantees a recycle every 29 hours after the first request that spins up
the worker process.

The latter guarantees that X minutes after servicing the final request, the
worker process recycles. It is used to return un-used resources back to the
server.

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Niels

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Oct 3, 2005, 9:03:58 AM10/3/05

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Is the help file wrong here? Because for the first option it states
"Select to recycle worker processes *after a specific period of
inactivity*."

David Wang [Msft]

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Oct 3, 2005, 8:19:13 PM10/3/05

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yup, the help file is wrong.

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Is the help file wrong here? Because for the first option it states

David Wang [Msft]

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Oct 3, 2005, 8:20:54 PM10/3/05

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Yup, the help file is wrong.

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Is the help file wrong here? Because for the first option it states

Niels

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Oct 6, 2005, 3:05:24 AM10/6/05

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Allright, thanks.