Number of Connections

This field specifies the maximum number of connections per poll thread that can use this protocol at the same time.

The default value of connections is 50. If you know that only a few connections will be using a protocol concurrently, you might save memory by explicitly setting the estimated number of connections.

For all net types other than ipcshm, the poll threads dynamically reallocate resources to support more connections as needed. Avoid setting the value for the number of concurrent connections to much higher than you expect. Otherwise, you might waste system resources.

For more information on poll threads, refer to network virtual processors in the chapter on virtual processors and threads in the IBM Informix: Administrator's Guide.