Schedule Bandwidth Throttling

How do I schedule bandwidth throttling using WSC?

With the following command, the Global Worker Threads used by WSC can be adjusted depending on network bandwidth usage. Open CMD to run the following command (there is no need to restart services after running this command):

tiercli config global workers xx

where xx is the number of active threads you want (leave empty to see the current configuration). For example:

Use Task Scheduler to create two tasks to run on the schedule to increase and decrease the workers' thread count.

1. Open the Task Scheduler.

   

2. Create your task, giving it a unique name. Select the option to Run whether the user is logged on or not. Select the option to Run with highest privileges.

   

3. Create a trigger schedule for the command to run to lower/raise the threads.

   

4. Specify your action. Select "Start a program." Click Browse and navigate to CMD. Run CMD with the Command/Argument:
   /k tiercli config global workers 4

   

5. You can change the number of threads from 4 to a different number between 1 and 16 if you want the task running during the day/peak network traffic hours. Click OK to save and you will be prompted for the Administrator password.

   

6. Repeat the steps above to create a task to raise the threads for the evening schedule.

You should have two tasks created for lowering the threads during the day and then raising them at night.