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 MaxBufferPoolSize Property
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.NET Framework Class Library
TransportBindingElement..::.MaxBufferPoolSize Property

Gets or sets the maximum size of any buffer pools used by the transport.

Namespace:  System.ServiceModel.Channels
Assembly:  System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Property MaxBufferPoolSize As Long
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As TransportBindingElement
Dim value As Long

value = instance.MaxBufferPoolSize

instance.MaxBufferPoolSize = value
C#
public virtual long MaxBufferPoolSize { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
virtual property long long MaxBufferPoolSize {
    long long get ();
    void set (long long value);
}
JScript
public function get MaxBufferPoolSize () : long
public function set MaxBufferPoolSize (value : long)

Property Value

Type: System..::.Int64
The maximum size of the buffer pool. The default is 524,288 bytes.

Many parts of 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. The downside is that there is an increase in memory usage because your buffers are not getting garbage collected. If the MaxBufferPoolSize is set to 0, nobuffers are returned to the pool, and instead garbage collection begins.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5
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