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Distributors Element (ADF)

Provides a parent location for defining information about the distributors used by this application.

Syntax

<Application>
    ...
    <Distributors>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic Description

Data type and length

None.

Default value

None.

Occurrence

Required once per Application element.

Updates

Cannot be added or deleted.

Element Relationships

Relationship Elements

Parent element

Application Element (ADF)

Child elements

Distributor Element (ADF)

Remarks

An application can have one distributor on a server. You can define multiple distributors if the SystemName value for each distributor is unique.

Having multiple distributors on a server does not increase distributor performance. If you define multiple distributors for a single server in the application definition file (ADF), Notification Services fails when you create or update the application.

Example

The following example shows a populated Distributors node. One distributor is on the server THORFINN, uses a single thread, and uses a distributor quantum period of 30 seconds. The other distributor is on the server BIFROST, uses three threads, and uses a distributor quantum period of 15 seconds.

<Distributors>
    <Distributor>
        <SystemName>THORFINN</SystemName>
        <ThreadPoolSize>1</ThreadPoolSize>
        <QuantumDuration>P0DT00H00M30S</QuantumDuration>
    </Distributor>
    <Distributor>
        <SystemName>BIFROST</SystemName>
        <ThreadPoolSize>3</ThreadPoolSize>
        <QuantumDuration>P0DT00H00M15S</QuantumDuration>
    </Distributor>
</Distributors>

See Also

Reference

Application Definition File Reference

Other Resources

Specifying Distributor Settings
Updating Instances and Applications

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance