Workflow Scalability and Performance in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Throttle Size

• Default
  
  stsadm -o getproperty -pn workflow-eventdelivery-throttle
  
  
• Changes to 25
  
  stsadm -o setproperty -pn workflow-eventdelivery-throttle -pv "25"
  
  

Batch Size

• Default
  
  stsadm -o getproperty -pn workitem-eventdelivery-batchsize.
  
  
• Changes to 125
  
  stsadm -o setproperty -pn workitem-eventdelivery-batchsize -pv "125"
  
  

Timeout

• Default
  
  stsadm -o getproperty -pn workflow-eventdelivery-timeout
  
  
• Changes to 10
  
  stsadm -o setproperty -pn workflow-eventdelivery-timeout -pv "10"
  
  

Workflow Timer Interval

Note: Change URL value

• Default
  
  stsadm -o getproperty -pn job-workflow -url http://myWssServer.
  
  
• Changes to
  
  stsadm -o setproperty -pn job-workflow -pv value -url http://myWssServer.
  
  Table: Formats for SPTimer schedule strings.
  
  

  SPTimer schedule string format	Meaning
  "Every 10 minutes between 0 and 30"	Timer fires every 10 minutes from the top of the hour to half past the hour
  "Hourly between 9 and 17"	Every hour from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
  "Daily at 15:00:00"	Timer fires every day at 3 P.M.
  "Monthly at 15 15:00:00"	Timer fires on the 15th of every month at 3 P.M.

Reference: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.