> From: Stephen Caine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I have a process that generates hundreds of threads.  Running on Mac
> OS X 10.5.2 Server, the thread count tops out at approximately 2500.
> After which, the process is terminated.  The heap size is set to 1
> gigabyte.  My question is how to increase the capacity of the JVM to
> handle more threads.  Is the value of 2500 an absolute limit, or can
> it be modified by setting the thread allocation, increasing heap size
> or the use of another java option?

I'm not a Mac person, but... does the Mac JVM use native threads?  In which 
case, the 2500 (plus other threads) could be an OS limit that has changed in 
10.5.

> If you have time, what causes a process to generate threads?

Calls to the API that generates a thread.  Next?

                - Peter

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