MaxProcesses

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The MaxProcesses property determines the maximum number of worker processes an application pool allows to service requests for an application pool. This property cannot be set to 0 because there are no unmanaged pools.

Note

A Web Garden is an application pool with a MaxProcesses setting higher than 1.

Schema Attributes

Attribute Name

Value

ADSI/WMI Data Type

DWORD

ABO Data Type

DWORD_METADATA

Schema Default

1

Internal Default

1

Upper Bound

Not specified

Lower Bound

1

Internal ID

9003

Friendly ID

MD_APPPOOL_MAX_PROCESS_COUNT

Property Attributes

INHERIT

User Type

IIS_MD_UT_SERVER

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path

IIS Admin Object Type

/LM/W3SVC/AppPools/application_pool_name

IIsApplicationPool

/LM/W3SVC/AppPools

IIsApplicationPools

Flags

There are no flags for this property.

Requirements

Server: Requires or Windows Server 2003.

Product: IIS

See Also