Publish and render options

The Content Manager caches .NET Tridion Object Model objects while rendering. You optimize performance by configuring the Publish and render options section of SDL Tridion Content Manager configuration.

Procedure

  1. Start the MMC Snap-in by selecting Programs > SDL Tridion > SDL Tridion Content Manager configuration in the Microsoft Windows Start menu.
  2. Navigate to the Publish and render options section.
  3. Configure the following settings:
    SettingValues
    Cache levelThis value defines what items will be cached. Values are:
    • No caching
    • Schemas and templates
    • All TCM objects except for Components and Pages
    • All TCM objects except for Pages (default)
    • All TCM objects
    Cache lifetimeThe period in which the cache is active:
    During a render action
    the cache is flushed after each item is rendered
    During publish transaction (default)
    The cache is only flushed when the entire published transaction is finished
    Maximum cached objects

    The maximum number of cached items. Once this number of objects is reached, the first cached object is removed from the cache and the new object is added.

    Tune this value so that the handle and memory use is acceptable during publishing. Note that the handle and memory usage of the Content Manager COM+ application is proportional to the maximum number of cached objects times the number of Publisher threads (assuming that the cache fills completely). This setting defaults to the value 250.

  4. Restart IIS and COM+ to ensure updated settings are used—for performance reasons, the processes that use the MMC Snap-in settings cache them in memory.