1) How many client connections does SQL Server 2000 support?
SQL Server 2000 supports 32,767 connections per instance. You can run 16 instances per node, so the maximum number of client connections per server node is 524,272. Note that unless you have SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition, you have to pay separately to use each of the 16 instances on one computer.
You can also take a look at this
SQL Server Architecture - Maximum Capacity Specifications
Using MSDE 2000 in a Web Application - You can look for connection/user specific info under headings
Understanding the Workload Governor and
Connection Pooling
2) I dont think so, but not sure about that, so I can't answer that, may be someone knows better on that.
Hope that helps.
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