Limit number of COM+ sessions

[Remote_User]

Hi All,
I have my ASP.NET application hosted in COM+ and I have my
client app. Is there any way I can limit the number os sessions? Say,
I have 5 client requests and they instantiate 5 COM+ sessions on the
server and on the 6th one I want that to get blocked and tell the user
that the server is busy pls try later or something like that.
Can this be done? I am on .NET FW1.1.

Thanks !

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

You can't do this on the app level, but you can do it on the component
level. You would configure your component to use object pooling, setting
the maximum size of the pool to 5. Then, when the 6th request comes in, it
will block until an object is ready to be used from the pool.

Of course, you have to be careful, depending on what other services that
you are applying to your components, object pooling might not make sense.
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"Remote_User" <am****@gmail.comwrote in message
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Hi All,
I have my ASP.NET application hosted in COM+ and I have my
client app. Is there any way I can limit the number os sessions? Say,
I have 5 client requests and they instantiate 5 COM+ sessions on the
server and on the 6th one I want that to get blocked and tell the user
that the server is busy pls try later or something like that.
Can this be done? I am on .NET FW1.1.

Thanks !

[Remote_User]

Hi Nicholas,
Thank you for the post. I am not able to find the
Object Pooling property for my component. There will be difference
when compared to Win2000 and XP I believe?

Thanks.

On Feb 20, 9:54*pm, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<[e-mail]:

* * You can't do this on the app level, but you can do it on the component
level. *You would configure your component to use object pooling, setting
the maximum size of the pool to 5. *Then, when the 6th request comes in,it
will block until an object is ready to be used from the pool.

* * Of course, you have to be careful, depending on what other services that
you are applying to your components, object pooling might not make sense.

--
* * * * * - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
* * * * * - [e-mail]

"Remote_User" <[e-mail] in message

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Hi All,
* * * * I have my ASP.NET application hosted in COM+ and I have my
client app. Is there any way I can limit the number os sessions? Say,
I have 5 client requests and they instantiate 5 COM+ sessions on the
server and on the 6th one I want that to get blocked and tell the user
that the server is busy pls try later or something like that.
* * * * Can this be done? I am on .NET FW1.1.

Thanks !- Hide quoted text -

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[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Are you looking in the Component Services Manager, or are you trying to
do this through code?
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"Remote_User" <am****@gmail.comwrote in message
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Hi Nicholas,
Thank you for the post. I am not able to find the
Object Pooling property for my component. There will be difference
when compared to Win2000 and XP I believe?

Thanks.

On Feb 20, 9:54 pm, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<[e-mail]:

You can't do this on the app level, but you can do it on the component
level. You would configure your component to use object pooling, setting
the maximum size of the pool to 5. Then, when the 6th request comes in, it
will block until an object is ready to be used from the pool.

Of course, you have to be careful, depending on what other services that
you are applying to your components, object pooling might not make sense.

--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- [e-mail]

"Remote_User" <[e-mail] in message

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Hi All,
I have my ASP.NET application hosted in COM+ and I have my
client app. Is there any way I can limit the number os sessions? Say,
I have 5 client requests and they instantiate 5 COM+ sessions on the
server and on the 6th one I want that to get blocked and tell the user
that the server is busy pls try later or something like that.
Can this be done? I am on .NET FW1.1.

Thanks !- Hide quoted text -

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[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

What kind of component is this? Only "Server" type COM+ components can be
pooled.

Willy.

"Remote_User" <am****@gmail.comwrote in message
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Hi Nicholas,
Thank you for the post. I am not able to find the
Object Pooling property for my component. There will be difference
when compared to Win2000 and XP I believe?

Thanks.

On Feb 20, 9:54 pm, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<[e-mail]:

You can't do this on the app level, but you can do it on the component
level. You would configure your component to use object pooling, setting
the maximum size of the pool to 5. Then, when the 6th request comes in, it
will block until an object is ready to be used from the pool.

Of course, you have to be careful, depending on what other services that
you are applying to your components, object pooling might not make sense.

--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- [e-mail]

"Remote_User" <[e-mail] in message

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Hi All,
I have my ASP.NET application hosted in COM+ and I have my
client app. Is there any way I can limit the number os sessions? Say,
I have 5 client requests and they instantiate 5 COM+ sessions on the
server and on the 6th one I want that to get blocked and tell the user
that the server is busy pls try later or something like that.
Can this be done? I am on .NET FW1.1.

Thanks !- Hide quoted text -

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[Remote_User]

Hi Willy,
Yes, this will be on the server side component.

Nicholas,
I am trying to see if there are any configuration
settings available through the Component Services Manager.

Thanks.


On Feb 20, 11:00*pm, "Willy Denoyette [MVP]"
<[e-mail]:

What kind of component is this? Only "Server" type COM+ components can be
pooled.

Willy.

"Remote_User" <[e-mail] in message

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Hi Nicholas,
* * * * * * * * * Thank you for the post. I am not able to find the
Object Pooling property for my component. There will be difference
when compared to Win2000 and XP I believe?

Thanks.

On Feb 20, 9:54 pm, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"

<[e-mail]:

You can't do this on the app level, but you can do it on the component
level. You would configure your component to use object pooling, setting
the maximum size of the pool to 5. Then, when the 6th request comes in, it
will block until an object is ready to be used from the pool.

Of course, you have to be careful, depending on what other services that
you are applying to your components, object pooling might not make sense..

--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- [e-mail]

"Remote_User" <[e-mail] in message

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Hi All,
I have my ASP.NET application hosted in COM+ and I have my
client app. Is there any way I can limit the number os sessions? Say,
I have 5 client requests and they instantiate 5 COM+ sessions on the
server and on the 6th one I want that to get blocked and tell the user
that the server is busy pls try later or something like that.
Can this be done? I am on .NET FW1.1.

Thanks !- Hide quoted text -

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[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

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Hi,
I changed the Max Pool size to 1 through the Component Services
panel just to check and tried initiating the component from 2
different clients but it gave me this error - "COM+ activation failed
because the component could not be activated in the specified amount
of time".
Also I had one more question if I set the Max Pool Size to 5 and a
6th call comes in what will the end user see or what is expected to
happen?

This client will get:
"COM+ activation failed because the component could not be activated in the
specified amount of time".

If you already have 5 activated objects running, then you can't create a
6th, unless one of the active objects was released to the pool while waiting
for the time-out period, specified by the "CreationTimeout" attribute.

Willy.

[Remote_User]

Hi,
So I can try this then?

- Catch this exception and display a user-friendly message
- Have an optimum timeout value so that the (n+1) th call can be
serviced if any of the earlier object is released back to the pool.

Thanks.
On Feb 21, 9:23*pm, "Willy Denoyette [MVP]"
<[e-mail]:

"Remote_User" <[e-mail] in message

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Hi,
* * I changed the Max Pool size to 1 through the Component Services
panel just to check and tried initiating the component from 2
different clients but it gave me this error - *"COM+ activation failed
because the component could not be activated in the specified amount
of time".
* * Also I had one more question if I set the Max Pool Size to 5 and a
6th call comes in what will the end user see or what is expected to
happen?

This client will get:
"COM+ activation failed because the component could not be activated in the
specified amount of time".

If you already have 5 activated objects running, then you can't create a
6th, unless one of the active objects was released to the pool while waiting
for the time-out period, specified by the "CreationTimeout" attribute.

Willy.