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Craig Johnson
Sep 3, 2009, 1:48:01 PM9/3/09
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In article <dpuller...@no-mx.forums.novell.com>, Dpuller wrote:
> Question: At what point should we consider moving GW IM to a dedicated
> server so it doesn't impact the other critical services running on it?
> Are there any performance concerns if we have several hundred IM clients
> connecting across WAN links?
>
I don't have hard and fast numbers, but I've seen at least one of my
clients using it with several hundred simultaneous users in a school
environment on the same server hosting one of the email post offices. I'm
thinking up to 500 simultaneous users will be ok before having to consider
moving to a dedicated platform, and perhaps a lot more.
> Question: At what point should we consider moving GW IM to a dedicated
> server so it doesn't impact the other critical services running on it?
> Are there any performance concerns if we have several hundred IM clients
> connecting across WAN links?
>
I don't have hard and fast numbers, but I've seen at least one of my
clients using it with several hundred simultaneous users in a school
environment on the same server hosting one of the email post offices. I'm
thinking up to 500 simultaneous users will be ok before having to consider
moving to a dedicated platform, and perhaps a lot more.
On the WAN links, are you worried about the WAN bandwidth or the
saturation of the server? I'd think the WAN bandwidth will limit the load
on the server, and your concern is more about how much WAN bandwidth will
be eaten up. GW messenger doesn't create a lot of traffic in my
experience, being mostly text.
Craig Johnson
Novell Support Connection SysOp
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