Weird things with machine.config

Question

I am trying to tune IIS to reduce contention, and following many articles on the .net I am trying to locate this in the file to no result:

 <system.web>
     ...
    <httpRuntime minFreeThreads="8" minLocalRequestFreeThreads="4" ... />
     ....
    <processModel maxWorkerThreads="20" maxIoThreads="20" ... />
      ....
 </.system.web>

Is it normal that none of the .net framework versions contain a machine.config file that contains the above settings?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '11 at 20:26

Certainly - if they're not present then the default values will be used.

The default value for minFreeThreads is the same as you're setting , 8, and the default for minLocalRequestFreeThreads is 4.

maxWorkerThreads has a default value of 20 as does maxIoThreads.

So setting those will make no difference unless someone has set them in the machine.config to lower calues.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '11 at 20:30

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Yep. If they're not explicitly stated, the defaults will be used as specified here

answered Mar 30 '11 at 20:30

Dan

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 31 '11 at 05:49

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821268 The one and the only one you need.

answered Mar 31 '11 at 05:49

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Weird things with machine.config

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