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Specify the Number of Threads for Requests

The threadpoolsize setting determines how many threads the Affiliate Server has available to process requests from the web server plug-in to contact the producer. The default number of threads is 10.

Important! We recommend that you do not modify threadpoolsize unless directed to do so by Technical Support.

Once you are directed by technical support, you can make the following changes to the threadpoolsize:

• To decrease the number of threads, set the parameter to a lower value, for example, threadpoolsize=7.
• To increase the number of threads do one of the following:
  • set the parameter to a higher value, for example, threadpoolsize=20
  • increase the number of available threads by enabling the flexiblethreadpool parameter. By setting this parameter to yes (flexiblethreadpool=yes), the Affiliate Server creates one additional thread for a new request if all 10 default threads are in use. If the newly added thread is in use as subsequent requests come in, other threads are added one at a time.

    The default setting for the flexiblethreadpool parameter is no for all Web servers except IIS 6.0 and Apache 1.x. For IIS 6.0 and Apache 1.x, the default is yes. If you accept the default, and all 10 threads are in use, the Affiliate Server places requests in a queue until a thread becomes available.