Rule for connections number?

Question

I have a WCF service that receives requests from a Sivlerlight client, it reads or writes to a SQL database and then it sends the response back to the client.

With 6 or 7 clients delay starts to increase and I would like to check if the more instances I have, the lesser delay (because of load balancing).

I am trying to implement the autoscaling application block but the rules for storage (such as queue lenght) or CPU usage aren't useful for me because I don't use a storage account and although I have 10 clients connected to the service, the instance CPU usage barely reaches 10%.

How could I set a rule to start a new instance when a certain number of connections is reached?

Are you asking about SQL connections or what kind of connections? — Igorek, Mar 20 '13 at 16:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '13 at 17:46

You can capture IIS's Requests Current performance counter and send it to Windows Azure Diagnostics.

I'm fairly certain that WASABi can scale your WCF/WebRole application based on any performance counter. If for some reason WASABi cannot auto-scale you based on that performance counter or you need more features later, you can try AzureWatch (personal plug)

But either way, ASP.NET\Requests Current (if you're using IIS to hose your WCF) seems like the performance counter you need.

I am using a cloud service from Azure to host my web role. – jlcivico Mar 20 '13 at 22:35 — jlcivico, Mar 20 '13 at 22:35

Rule for connections number?

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