Many ArcIMS sites have a requirement to be online at all times, and users may make requests at any time of day. In order to help with this requirement, ArcIMS provides several configuration options to help keep the site running efficiently. The following topics provide more information.

• Restarting ArcIMS Monitor and ArcIMS Application Server
• Managing Spatial Server recycling
• Setting timeouts
• Using multiple Application Servers for redundancy
• Setting an interval to keep firewalls open
• Setting connections to the ArcIMS Application Server
• Locating and pointing to font directories
• Changing image output parameters
• Configuring ArcIMS ports
• Setting connection parameters for ArcSDE
• Removing output files using ArcIMS Tasker
• Changing the maximum output file size for data extraction
• Checking site status using URL requests
• Understanding load factors