## Agent Performance

Use this dialog box to specify Messenger agent performance settings.

After you change settings on the Performance page, restart the affected Messenger agent to put the new settings into effect.

Maximum Number of Users
Specify how many physical (user) connections this agent can create. The default number is 5120.

For the Messaging Agent, this is the number of users who can have conversations. For the Archive Agent, this is the number of users who can search the Messenger archive.

Client/Server Threads
Specify how many threads this agent can start to process requests from client users. The default number is 15. For a large Messenger system, you could increase the number to 50 or more, depending on the system resources of the server where the Messenger agent is running.

Directory Settings (Messaging Agent Only)
The directory settings apply to direct access connections between the Messaging Agent and Novell® eDirectoryTM, not to connections between the Messaging Agent and client users.

> Default Number of Connections
> Specify the minimum number of direct access connections you want open between the Messaging Agent and eDirectory. The direct access connections between the Messaging Agent and eDirectory are used to authenticate Messenger users when they start the Messenger client, to perform searches for Messenger users when users build their contact lists, to save user option settings for the Messenger client, and for other directory-based operations. By default, the number of connections is 10.

> Idle direct access connections occupy memory, but using an existing connection is faster than creating a new connection. The default number of connections is always kept open, even if some are idle.

> Idle Timeout
> If more than the default number of direct access connections are open between the Messaging Agent and eDirectory, and if any connection is idle for the specified amount of time, the idle connection is closed. By default, this time is 30 seconds.

> Maximum Number of Connections
> Specify the maximum number of direct access connections you want open between the Messaging Agent and eDirectory. By default, the maximum number of direct access connections is 50.

> Maximum Query Results
> Specify the maximum number of query results you want the Messaging Agent to return when users search for other users to add to their contact lists in the Messenger client. By default, the number of query results is 100.

For LDAP connections to eDirectory, comparable settings are specified in the LDAP profile for your Messenger system.

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