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How to adjust an IIS application pool in Plesk?

Started by Suhitha, Dec 30, 2025, 02:53 AM

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  • Plesk for Windows


Question

How to adjust an IIS application pool in Plesk?

How to protect the sites from each other so that one site cant affect performance/availability the other sites?


Answer

1.Log into Plesk.

2.Go to Domains > example.com > Dedicated IIS Application Pool for Website.

3.Set Maximum CPU usage (%) limit.

4.Select Limit action that IIS performs when a worker process exceeds the configured maximum CPU usage.

5.Set Limit interval (minutes) to specify the reset period for monitoring of CPU usage on an application pool at option.

Example:



Note: Actual values depend on server configuration and can be based on previous performance monitoring results.