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If MAX WORKER THREADS increased from 255 to 500 what will be the usage or availability of system resources on the server?

Published 15 November 7 9:41 AM | SSQA.net

Continuing on the MAX WORKER THREADS topic from ThisBlog I have been asked about method of calculating the amount of system resources that will be used when the setting is increased to 500 from 255 (default). Well, as one of the best practices you must...

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SQL Server Max Worker Threads - What is the best value to setup?

Published 9 November 7 7:55 AM | SSQA.net

We have been going through a load-performance exercise for an application that will have more than 5000 concurrent connections at one time. Going by books and expeirence by default the Max Worker Threads setting is 255, which means that up to 255 worker...

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