Optimal Bean Pool Size at boot

[cari34]

Hi guys,
Can anybody tell me what is the
optimal bean pool size at JBOSS startup and
maximum bean pool size
if one wants a
scalable EJB application?

Imagine, I estimate that my EJB deployed on JBOSS
will have up to 50 concurrent clients.

So what would you suggest to
put in the jboss.xml file as
instance pool size at startup and
maximum bean pool size,
so that my EJBs get a good performance and
high scalability ?

What criteria should I use to determine
the optimal bean pool size ?

Thank you.

Cari

[adrian.brock]

Look, whenever I answer this question it always stress test and find out.
This forum is for technical questions, if you want help optimizing your application
hire a consultant if you can't do it yourself.

I always have to go into long discussions because people who ask this question
don't know the difference between a pool and a cache or their relative importance.
There are also more important configurations like front end threads, db pool
and OS configuration.

If you are interested, use search, you might enjoy some of this misunderstandings
people have. :-)