I have an mxd that contains hundreds of layers that are all OFF and all point to the same feature class. (I have added a layer for each field in the feature class.) I am able to create an msd file and publish the map service but unfortunately the map service fails to start. Since the map service will only ever display one layer at a time, I was hoping that the number of layers would not matter. A couple of questions: is there a maximum number of layers I can have in the mxd? Is there a way to increase the startup timeout interval for starting the map service?
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Barb Patterson
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Barb Patterson
We're running three services as MSDs with about 600 (and growing) layers apiece. You may just need to set a longer timeout period in order to give it the necessary time to start. Also, I have had significantly better results when the server has two or more cores.
Alex