It takes us about 23 seconds for the home page to come up. Wanted to see what others are experiencing.

Opper, Is this the first time the portal is accessed after being inactive a for a while? If so, I would say that time is expected due to .NET/IIS(not FIM). If this is for each user, even when portal has been accessed recently, I would look at network trace as well as FIM event log for more information. Glenn

I just tested it myself this morning: * initial load: 45 seconds * next loads (same machine or other machines): 1-2 seconds: in fact instantly Like Glenn says: .net web applications recycle every x hours (more or less once a day by default I think). After the recycling a lot of compiling has to be performed. This happens only for the first user.http://setspn.blogspot.com

It happens the first time and is faster once you first connect, but if you leave the page then return 2 minutes later...its still very slow.

For your information: my portal remains fast even I leave the browser idle for an hour orso. As Glenn suggested. If you want to get to the bottom of this: FIM Portal/Service debug logging: http://setspn.blogspot.com/2010/06/fim-2010-enable-advanced-error-logging.html Network traces: Network Monitor/ Wireshark Server performance monitoring This is complex to troubleshoot. But that's how I would do it.http://setspn.blogspot.com

Sounds like the Application Pool the site runs under in IIS could be configured to recycle the application too often. As has been stated here already, IIS by default for an App Pool will recycle itself every now and then. I don't like this feature personally and disable it on my other sites. I would rather the application pool just run and run. I can manage maintenance myself if need be. I would also check the event log to see if there are any errors. App Pools have rapid-fail protection which recycle/shut-down app-pools if a series of serious app failures are experienced. These events will be in the event log. The IIS Manager snap-in should give you all you need on the app-pool.