WebSphere Host On-Demand
Redirector load capacity recommendations


You can use the following information as a guide for estimating the load capacity of the Host On-Demand 8 Redirector on AIX. Actual numbers may vary, depending on the following factors: hardware, network traffic, server load, and the frequency of session establishment.


AIX hardware specifications

We used the following hardware and network specifications on an isolated test network:


Redirector load capacity recommendations

Connection type Recommended number of users
SSL 10,000

On average, the Redirector established 13 connections per second. Each established connection then started a new transaction (data sent) 1/10 of a second after the previous transaction ended (data received).


Service manager parameters

Set the following parameters in the sample service manager shell script:

Parameter Description
ulimit -n Controls the number of open file descriptors.
-Xms Minimum memory parameter for Java. It must be greater than 256 MB.