18.1.3. Notification Settings

OpenAM has two thread pools used to send notifications to clients. The Service Management Service thread pool can be tuned in OpenAM console under Configuration > Servers and Sites > Default Server Settings > SDK.

Table 18.3. SMS Notification Setting

Property Default Value Suggestions
Notification Pool Size 10

This is the size of the thread pool used to send notifications. In production this value should be fine unless lots of clients are registering for SMS notifications.

(com.sun.identity.sm.notification.threadpool.size)


The session service has its own thread pool to send notifications. This is configured under Configuration > Servers and Sites > Default Server Settings > Session.

Table 18.4. Session Service Notification Settings

Property Default Value Suggestions
Notification Pool Size 10

This is the size of the thread pool used to send notifications. In production this should be around 25-30.

(com.iplanet.am.notification.threadpool.size)

Notification Thread Pool Threshold 5000

This is the maximum number of notifications in the queue waiting to be sent. The default value should be fine in the majority of installations.

(com.iplanet.am.notification.threadpool.threshold)