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Coordinating Resource Intensive Processes

In addition to allowing more than one instance of Encyclopedia Utilities, it is a good idea to establish a site practice of planning and scheduling resource intensive processes (preferably during off hours).

The following values for MinInstance, MaxInstance, and QueueDepth can be applied along with coordinating your resource intensive processes:

MinInstance

MaxInstance

QueueDepth

Should support

1

1

1

4 - 8 users

1

2

1

6 - 12 users

1

3

1

10 - 20 users