NetNamedPipeBindingElement.MaxBufferPoolSize Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceModel.Configuration

Assembly:

System.ServiceModel.dll

Gets or sets the maximum size, in bytes, of the buffer pool.

public:
 property long MaxBufferPoolSize { long get(); void set(long value); };

[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("maxBufferPoolSize", DefaultValue=524288)]
[System.Configuration.LongValidator(MinValue=0)]
public long MaxBufferPoolSize { get; set; }

[<System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("maxBufferPoolSize", DefaultValue=524288)>]
[<System.Configuration.LongValidator(MinValue=0)>]
member this.MaxBufferPoolSize : int64 with get, set

Public Property MaxBufferPoolSize As Long

Property Value

Int64

The maximum size of the buffer pool. The default is 524,288 bytes (512 * 1024).

Attributes

ConfigurationPropertyAttribute LongValidatorAttribute

Remarks

Many parts of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) use buffers. Creating and destroying buffers each time they are used is expensive, and garbage collection for buffers is also expensive. With buffer pools, you can take a buffer from the pool, use it, and return it to the pool once you are done. Thus the overhead in creating and destroying buffers is avoided.