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18 Chapter 2 Managing Web Technologies
Setting Persistent Connections for the Web Server
You can set up your web server to respond to multiple requests from a client computer
without closing the connection each time. Repeatedly opening and closing
connections isn’t very efficient and decreases performance.
Most browsers request a persistent connection from the server, and the server keeps
the connection open until the browser closes the connection. This means the browser
is using a connection even when no information is being transferred. You can allow
more persistent connections—and avoid sending a Server Busy message to other
users—by increasing the number of persistent connections allowed.
To set the number of persistent connections:
1 In Server Admin, click Web in the list for the server you want.
2 Click Settings in the button bar.
3 In the General pane, enter a number in the “Maximum persistent connections” field and
type a new number.
The range for maximum persistent connections is 1 to 2048. The default setting of 500
provides better performance.
4 Click Save.
Web service restarts.
Setting a Connection Timeout Interval
You can specify a time period after which the server will drop a connection that is
inactive.
To set the connection timeout interval:
1 In Server Admin, click Web in the list for the server you want.
2 Click Settings in the button bar.
3 In the General pane, enter a number in the “Connection timeout” field to specify the
amount of time that can pass between requests before the session is disconnected by
the web server.
The range for connection timeout is 0 to 9999 seconds.
4 Click Save.
Web service restarts.
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