Your experience with performance

[Quenzer, Kenneth D]

Hello Karsten,
 
We are currently creating around 75,000 workitems per day and do not have
performance problems but we have taken several steps to prevent problems
from occurring.  I would suggest that you look at the ASUG presentation
regarding the performance of the workflow system.  It can be found on the
ASUG web site in the knowledge repository by searching for "workflow
performance" in the "conference information" section.
 
Thanks,
Kenny Quenzer
405-553-2256
quenzekd at oge.com
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Karsten Ernst [mailto:ernst-consulting at gmx.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:05 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Your experience with performance
 
Hi all !
 
Has anyone of you made any experience with performance concerning workflow?
 
We are talking about 10,000 to 50,000 (ten to fifty thousand!) workflows,
and the same number of workitems sure, which will be started one day. These
workitems will then be worked with in 2 or 3 days and then there will be
once more 20,000 workitems started and wait for the users in the inbox.
 
The most critical problem I see are the role resolution to get the user or
organizational unit to execute a workitem. But if we leave this out of
sight, is it a problem for the system to handle the above mentioned number
of workitems?
 
Will there be a slow down of the system if there are 20,000 to 50,000
workitems waiting? Is the workflow engine running all the time or is it only
acitivated if a workitem is executed?
 
I hope to hear from you soon, as we have to decide to use workflow for this
amount of activities or any other technical solution.
 
Best regards,
 
Karsten