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marshalh
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Posted - 2009-02-09 : 20:29:29
Hi All,

I'm hoping someone can help.

We are deploying a new CMS. We have a
Dell 1950 (dual Quads)
SQL 2005
MS Server 2003

We are using ODBC and I was wondering how well a single DSN will cope with 600 sessions (max) through the one machine? Do I imagine it as a single pipe to communicate with SQL or does it multithread natively?

How well would a cluster setup work for this senario? - Unfortunately being a non-profit we have little to spend so this may not be the best economical option, but technical advice would be appritiated.

The .Net app we are running is quite intense.

I've been searching for a bit on how well an DSN can handle large sums of connections, could anyone point me in the correct direction or have I got it all wrong?

Thanks in advance

Heath

jackv
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Posted - 2009-02-10 : 16:02:57
When you say "max" I assume you mean concurrent.
1)Make sure you are using connection pooling.
2)Ensure you manage your connections via the app - open/close
3)Optimise the db for your app - efficient code

Saying all that , I would consider DSN-Less connection mode , which I've found to be far more effective

Jack Vamvas
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