I am trying to calculate the maximum number of online users the Web Proxy can support.

max-client-connections and max-server-connections have an upper limit of 5000, does this mean the Web Proxy supports 5000 concurrent users - or 5000 concurrent requests?

Does each web proxy user consume only one client and server connection or multiple connections depending on the sites they visit?


Thanks.

The built in web proxy is rather unsophisticated. Disk IO is serialized. If you're expecting anywhere near four digit users or requests I would go with a dedicated proxy solution such as Squid.

That said, 5000 concurrent requests, not 5000 users.