Oscar Pearce wrote:

> The rule of thumb is to create a thread per CPU, plus a thread for each
> thread you expect to be blocked on I/O, plus one or two more just be
> sure.  It's definitely easier said than done, but it's definitely
> preferable to running the system out of threads.
> 
> It works pretty well on Windows, too.

We are using a bit simpler rule (especially when to to sure
about
blocking I/O)

5/2 (means 5 threads per 2 CPUs) for Unix (Sun, Alpha, RS6000)
and
3/2 (3 threads per 2 CPUs) for Windows NT

haven't try W2K yet.


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