Difference between incative session and closed session on CS

Starlights_sh

Hi All,

Could you please explain me, what is the difference between inactive sessions (history_sessions) and closed sessions. As I understood when CS inactivate sessions it will release database sessions, so what is difference from closed session?

Thank you.

sivarry

Hi,

Kindly refer the section Session and Transaction Management of Content Server fundamentals guide

Below is the excerpt from the guide

Inactive Sessions: Inactive repository sessions are sessions in which the server connection has timed out but the client has not specifically disconnected from the server. If the client sends a request to the server, Content Server re-authenticates the user and, if the user is authenticated, the inactive session automatically reestablishes its server connection and becomes active...

Closed Sessions: A user or application’s repository session is terminated when the user or application issues a Disconnect method or when another user assumes ownership of the session. If connection pooling is implemented, a Disconnect method only terminates the user’s use of a session. The session itself is held for future use in the connection pool. If connection pooling is not implemented, a Disconnect method terminates the session also...

-Siva