Max number of appdomains loaded in one process

Question

Since dynamic assembly loading requires appdomain loading to enable killing the assembly with unloading related appdomain, is there a "max" number appdomains in a process to be loaded? I am thinking of a server based application that each user can run his proprietary C# code dynamically. But what if, say, 2000 users log in and load their codes? Are there any possible restrictions I might encounter besides the number of appdomians?

thanks.

Answer 1

Almost all CLR limits are based on "as memory permits". The only exception I know of is the number of members of a class, restricted to 65536. That's based on the definition of a token value. Nothing like that for AppDomains.

Answer 2

I don't believe that there is a definitive maximum value in-built in the CLR. Rather it would be the amount of memory left which determines if you can dynamically load a new appdomain.

I'll do a bit of research, but I don't think there is a value set for this.

EDIT:

Here's another post which might help clear things up.

Answer 3

Mostly it would be defined by your OS limits. Your x86 machine can't use more than 4GB in memory for a process [only 2GB in user mode]. If you go for x64 you have a much bigger limit. From what I know there is no such limit to the number of Application Domains you can create.