Thread Throttling for Siebel Mobile Disconnected Applications

Thread throttling is a synchronization event that occurs when a large number of users attempt to synchronize simultaneously, and the load on a single server can become too much. Thread throttling significantly reduces the total number of transaction processor threads that are active simultaneously and database extraction threads. Thread throttling increases the throughput for synchronization, without reducing the number of concurrent users. Synchronization performance worsens slightly, but the synchronization will complete for all users.

Thread throttling allows the maximum number of concurrent users. It maximizes the usage of the Siebel Server during any mixture of transaction-processing threads and database-extraction threads. Thus, if the Siebel Mobile disconnected application server supports x concurrent transaction-processing threads, then it allows x number of transaction-processing threads while disallowing all database-extraction threads.

Similarly, if the server supports y concurrent database-extraction threads, then it allows this number of database-extraction threads while disallowing all transaction-processing threads. If less than x transaction-processing threads are currently active, then some database-extraction threads are allowed to execute concurrently. Similarly, if less than y database-extraction threads are currently active, then some transaction-processing threads are allowed to execute simultaneously. For information about the settings for thread throttling and about how to enable thread throttling, see "Configuring Application Settings for Siebel Mobile Disconnected Applications".