Lower the response time for additions

The web additions for Switch King are normally running in the IIS web server. To save resources on the computer where the additions are installed, the server shuts down the process where the addition is running.

When the addition is loaded (and no process is running) - through an iPhone or a web browser - the process is started. This results in slow loading of the first page. Subsequent page loads performs better.

To avoid the slow initial page loading, it is possible to change the limit that IIS is using to decide when the process is to be shut down. The configuration is made in the application pool to which the addition is connected.

The following screen shots illustrates the parameters that are possible to change to prevent the server from killing the process running the addition. What version of IIS you have depend on your OS.

IIS6

Defines how often the process is to be shut down.

Defines how long time after the last page was loaded that the process is to be shut down.

IIS7

Defines how often the process is to be shut down.

 

Defines how long time after the last page was loaded that the process is to be shut down.