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> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Jeff Mikolai
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 1998 4:33 PM
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> Subject: Logging off Users Rapidly
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> On one of my larger systems I have an issue when I need to terminate large
> amounts of users (1000+) connected via TCP/IP off the system in a timely
> manner. Currently I use abortjob via mpex and killsess/abortio for
> stragglers, but I want to know if anyone else has a 'cleaner' method of
> doing this?

I has been my experience that you can kill/abort a "large number of users"
(for example > 1000) "faster" if you don't try to kill them all at once.
We found it was much faster to abort them in "bunches" (say 100 at a time)
and then 'wait a while' before aborting the next "bunch".

The problem is that I can't tell you what the optimal size for a "bunch"
would be, and I can't tell you how long to wait. I believe we waited
"a couple of minutes" and did 100 at a time. However, this data is
"old", the "high-end" machine we were testing on was a 980. Newer processors
with more memory can definitely handle bigger "bunches" faster. So
I gues you would have to experiment.

I would be suprized if the overall result is not the same today. I
would guess that it is still much faster to abort the users in
"bunches" and not all at once.

Sorry I don't have a more concrete answer, but maybe the basic concept
will be helpful in you quest to abort 1000+ users in a "timely manner".

Scott McClellan