Sage 100

Is there a max number of sessions available on 100 Advanced? Currently testing v2016. Doesn't matter if I run as a service or application, we have already upped our heap value for service, but looking to see if there is just a set number of sessions that is allowed to run. Once I get to about 376 tasks open, across multiple machines, Launcher just disappears, sometimes locking up all open tasks & sometimes not. I have the Server Configuration set to Max Total Clients = 0 & Max Total Sessions = 0.

Howdy, Dana! Above about 20 users max, you will have to run as a foreground process. Set the heap for foreground processes as high as you can consistent with the OS you are running, and set the server to optimize for foreground tasks. Then get everything not required for Sage off of the server. Then you must optimize the workstations for foreground tasks and you will probably have to optimize the heap there as well. Lastly - do you have enough memory? Load it up, it doesn't hurt. Are you using bonded NICs to optimize throughput? And have you verified that your switch isn't overloaded? It isn't always the server or lack of heap space on high volume systems. Another trick is to run Sage 100 Advanced (MAS200 for us ""distinguished geeks"") as Sage 100 Standard and use terminal services to connect instead. Believe it or not, you can run more tasks that way and they will execute faster on the server, while simultaneously reducing network traffic.

I have gotten up to about 445 tasks, but that is about the actual limit of Advanced. Sage 100 standard under terminal services I've gone over 200 users with, but you have to have some beefy hardware to handle that.

Thank you, @BobSosbee. We have about 75 users here, of those about 25-30 are connecting remotely via TS. In their live environment, we have the service running & no longer have the WindX errors due to increased heap, but occasionally it will just lock up for all users. After testing, I am now assuming they are reaching one of these thresholds & Sage can't take anymore tasks. We are running a test environment right now, trying to get better performance & we now have Sage isolated on its own server. I will have my IT look into these other areas as well. We should have plenty of memory, but I will verify. I appreciate the tips! @KevinWesley @BernieLehman

@DanaYoung What did you set the Service heap to? I have 70 users running fine in Sage 100. v2015 as a service.