Detailed info on tuning params for Forms Services for 6i/9iAS

Hi Folks,
I have searched the Oracle site and documentations high and low
for detailed information on tuning of params for Forms Services
on AIX under 9iAS 1.0.2.0. There seems to be non except for
pool=..., record=performance, etc and I have notbeen able to
obtain info on how to tune these params.
I have a goal as follows:
a. To have 4000 Web Forms users connected to the Database thru
the 9iAS/Fomrs Services (this is apart from response time)
b. I have a 4way SP node with 8GB RAM
Initial tests of 100 simultaneous users have indicated that CPU
consumption is between 70% & 90% and the memory consumption is
800MB. Pool was changed from 1 to 10 and 12. There is no change
in CPU usage but memory usage increase to 950MB with increase in
PAGE Faults. Performance collector shows garbage (-ve time count
and -ve %age for certain activities).
Any direction/tips on bettering the thru-put or achieving the
goal is very helpful and greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Giri

There are loads of paper on OTN that talk about tuning the Forms
middle tier. Check out:
http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/techlisting.html#internet
"How To Tune Your Oracle9iAS Forms Services Applications" as a
start.
The important thing to note is that unlike the database, you
tune the application and not the Forms Services themselves.
Also, it does not really matter what platform you are in terms
of the techniques you use to tune the application.
This should help you and if you have any more specific problems
then please post again.
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product Management

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