Chapter 7. Setting the Number of Directory Server Threads

The number of threads Directory Server uses to handle simultaneous connections affects the performance of the server. For example, if all threads are busy handling time-consuming tasks (such as add operations), new incoming connections are queued until a free thread can process the request.

If the server provides a low number of CPU threads, configuring a higher number of threads can increase the performance. However, on a server with many CPU threads, setting a too high value does not further increase the performance.

By default, Directory Server automatically calculates the number of threads automatically. This number is based on the hardware resources of the server when the instance starts.