We have a java web application that replicates some of the Sforce Objects. The web application polls the Sforce site for changes when it receives a request. Sometimes many requests come to this web application within a short time interval.

Therefore our application's polling frequency can be less than 5 minutes at times. We have however limited this frequency to 1 minute. 

We use Sforce API 6.0. The API documentation recommends that the polling frequency should be more than 5 minutes and if the polling is too frequent Sforce built in controls will prevent the request.

Does Sforce web service prevent above type of requests?  We have not seen any errors thrown by Sforce in above instances. But sometime we notice that a few objects had not replicated correctly. Please advise us on the exact rules involved.

Thanks