Does the TSE require much RAM?
No. Considering what it does, it uses surpassingly little RAM. The TSE asks for a single large memory allocation when it loads, typically from 300K to 3MB. The TSE then manages this memory itself. The memory is divided into 64 byte “nodes” which are used internally to store information. The TSE will start with 3000 to 30000 of these nodes. 2 nodes are used for each managed connection and 1 node is used for each currently queued frame. The bare minimum RAM configuration, requiring only about 400K of RAM, can be used to manage 1000 persistent connections. The TSE has been run on Netware 4.2 with only 20MB of RAM, though this is obviously not a recommended configuration! In real life a NW 4.xx server with 32MB RAM or Netware 5.x with 64MB RAM will suffice. The recommended configuration is 64MB for NW 4.x and 128MB for NW 5.x. Remember that packet receive buffers will also be necessary, and these consume lots of RAM. The TSE has a small footprint, but for it to work properly, Netware must
