http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/07/22/answer-pop-quiz-what-are-free-threads-in-the-threadpool.aspxSo I was hoping to get some more comments to this before posting the answer but I guess that isn’t going to happen. The minFreeThreads and minLocalRequestFreeThreads are very important settings when it comes to how much load your webserver can handle.&#160;en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/07/22/answer-pop-quiz-what-are-free-threads-in-the-threadpool.aspx#8764812Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:36:06 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8764812a-foton &raquo; ANSWER: POP QUIZ: What are Free Threads in the Threadpool<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://blog.a-foton.ru/2008/07/answer-pop-quiz-what-are-free-threads-in-the-threadpool/">http://blog.a-foton.ru/2008/07/answer-pop-quiz-what-are-free-threads-in-the-threadpool/</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/07/22/answer-pop-quiz-what-are-free-threads-in-the-threadpool.aspx#8767109Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:53:48 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8767109Mandi<p>Makes perfect sense, thank you!</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/07/22/answer-pop-quiz-what-are-free-threads-in-the-threadpool.aspx#8767546Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:54:24 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8767546Dave Black<p>Thanks for the answers! &nbsp;</p> <p>I would assume that using AJAX &amp; WebServices (Page Methods) would also be affected by your answer to the extra credit question?</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/07/22/answer-pop-quiz-what-are-free-threads-in-the-threadpool.aspx#8767567Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:08:06 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8767567Tom<p>Dave,</p> <p>Correct, those will also use those threads in question.</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/07/22/answer-pop-quiz-what-are-free-threads-in-the-threadpool.aspx#8784516Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:03:06 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8784516Richard<p>From the doc you listed, the recommened value for minFreeThreads is 88 * #CPU. I'm curious why there's so much discrepancy between default value 8 with recommened value?</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/07/22/answer-pop-quiz-what-are-free-threads-in-the-threadpool.aspx#8790625Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:10:04 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8790625Tom<p>Richard,</p> <p>Great question. &nbsp;The original settings (default value in 1.x) were for a development machine. &nbsp;The assumption was that they would be adjusted for production.</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/07/22/answer-pop-quiz-what-are-free-threads-in-the-threadpool.aspx#9195268Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:17:07 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9195268Yong Hee Park's Blog<p>최근 진행된 SCOM/SSRS 관련 Troubleshooting에서 처음으로 64bit Windows 2008에서 작동 중인 IIS 프로세스 디버깅을 시도해었습니다. 물론 Managed</p>