As a new WHS user, I'm excited to install meaningful add-ins to my whs system. Do these add-ins consume sys resources, and if so, do they:<br/> <br/> -Consume resources by just being installed?<br/> <br/> -Only when used when loaded through the console, or when used through an automated task?<br/> <br/> -Do they release resources when they're closed on the console?<br/> <br/> I don't want to many add-ins if they're consuming resources, especially if they're not being used for a meaningful task.<br/> <br/> Thoughts?<br/> <br/> Jason<input type=hidden> <input type=hidden>© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:21:20 Ze6e4775b-a063-443f-a58e-a473af8622a4http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whsdevelopers/thread/e6e4775b-a063-443f-a58e-a473af8622a4#e6e4775b-a063-443f-a58e-a473af8622a4http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whsdevelopers/thread/e6e4775b-a063-443f-a58e-a473af8622a4#e6e4775b-a063-443f-a58e-a473af8622a4MtnLoverhttp://social.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=MtnLoverAs a new WHS user, I'm excited to install meaningful add-ins to my whs system. Do these add-ins consume sys resources, and if so, do they:<br/> <br/> -Consume resources by just being installed?<br/> <br/> -Only when used when loaded through the console, or when used through an automated task?<br/> <br/> -Do they release resources when they're closed on the console?<br/> <br/> I don't want to many add-ins if they're consuming resources, especially if they're not being used for a meaningful task.<br/> <br/> Thoughts?<br/> <br/> Jason<input type=hidden> <input type=hidden>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:59:06 Z2009-06-06T11:59:06Zhttp://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whsdevelopers/thread/e6e4775b-a063-443f-a58e-a473af8622a4#626d0fe2-a7dd-46c8-b984-7da1b038c948http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whsdevelopers/thread/e6e4775b-a063-443f-a58e-a473af8622a4#626d0fe2-a7dd-46c8-b984-7da1b038c948Nick - ASofthttp://social.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Nick%20-%20ASoftHi Jason,<br/><br/>Add-ins consume resources<br/><br/>-Consume resources by just being installed?<br/>&gt; Naturally they consume disk resources, just by being installed. But most add-ins aren't to big in size.<br/><br/>-Only when used when loaded through the console, or when used through an automated task?<br/>-Do they release resources when they're closed on the console?<br/>&gt; They consume memory when loaded in the console and release them when closed.<br/>However! Some Add-ins run system services or background processes that run from the moment the machine has started. This is because they have to do work continously, like for example an Antivirus add-in.<br/><br/>All in all most add-ins don't consume that much resources, either disk and/or memory.<br/><br/>Cheers,<br/>NickSat, 06 Jun 2009 13:41:28 Z2009-06-06T13:41:28Zhttp://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whsdevelopers/thread/e6e4775b-a063-443f-a58e-a473af8622a4#ae963975-18ef-47c1-ba26-76852e590f7bhttp://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whsdevelopers/thread/e6e4775b-a063-443f-a58e-a473af8622a4#ae963975-18ef-47c1-ba26-76852e590f7bMtnLoverhttp://social.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=MtnLoverPerfect...good to know.<br/> <br/> Thanks, Nick.<br/> <br/> JasonSat, 06 Jun 2009 14:12:11 Z2009-06-06T14:12:11Z