Configuring the Performance Options

Configuring the Timeouts and Retries

To Configure the Timeouts and Retries

1. Log onto the Portal Server administration console as administrator.

2. Select the Secure Remote Access tab and click the profile name to modify its attributes.

3. Select the Performance tab.

4. Modify the following attributes:

   Attribute Name	Description
   Server Retry Interval (seconds)	Specify the time interval in seconds between requests to try to start the Portal Server, Rewriter proxy, or Netlet proxy if it becomes unavailable (such as a crash or it was brought down).
   Gateway Timeout (seconds)	Specify the time interval in seconds after which the Gateway times out its connection with the browser.  In the Gateway Timeout field, specify the interval required in seconds.
   Cached Socket Timeout (seconds)	Specify the time interval in seconds after which the Gateway times out its connection with the Portal Server.

Configuring the HTTP Options

To Configure the HTTP Options

1. Log onto the Portal Server administration console as administrator.

2. Select the Secure Remote Access tab and click the profile name to modify its attributes.

3. Select the Performance tab.

4. Modify the following attributes:

   Attribute Name	Description
   Maximum Thread Pool Size	Specify the required number of threads.  You can specify the maximum number of threads that can be pre-created in the Gateway thread pool.
   Persistent HTTP Connections	Select the Enable Persistent HTTP Connections checkbox to enable HTTP connections.  You can enable HTTP persistent connections at the Gateway to prevent sockets being opened for every object (such as images and style sheets) in the Web pages.
   Maximum Number of Requests per Peristent Connection	Enter the maximum number of requests.
   Timeout for Persistent Socket Connections (seconds)	Enter the required timeout in seconds.
   Grace Timeout to Account for Turnaround Time (seconds)	Enter the required grace timeout in seconds.  This is the round-trip time for the network traffic between the client (browser) and the Gateway.  Time taken for the request to reach the gateway after the browser has sent it Time between gateway sending the response and the browser actually receiving it This is dependent on factors such as network conditions and the client’s connection speed.
   Maximum Connection Queue Length	Specify the maximum concurrent connections that the Gateway should accept.  Specify the required number of connections.

Monitoring the Secure Remote Access Performance

Monitoring allows administrators to assess the performance of different components of the Secure Remote Access.

To Monitor Secure Remote Access Performance

1. Log in to the Portal Server management console.

2. Select the Secure Remote Access tab, and click Monitoring in the submenu.

3. In the Monitoring page, select a proxy instance from the drop-down menu.

4. Select an attribute in the MBeans table to view performance values.