Actually, Java 8 defaults to 1MB for each stack thread. -Xsssize Sets the thread stack size (in bytes). Append the letter k or K to indicate KB, m or M to indicate MB, g or G to indicate GB. The default value depends on the platform:
Linux/ARM (32-bit): 320 KB Linux/i386 (32-bit): 320 KB Linux/x64 (64-bit): 1024 KB OS X (64-bit): 1024 KB Oracle Solaris/i386 (32-bit): 320 KB Oracle Solaris/x64 (64-bit): 1024 KB wunder Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Oct 18, 2017, at 1:44 PM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote: > > With an 8GB heap, I’d like to keep thread stack memory to 2GB or under, which > means a maxThreads of 1000. > > wunder > Walter Underwood > wun...@wunderwood.org > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > > >> On Oct 18, 2017, at 1:41 PM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote: >> >> Jetty maxThreads is set to 10,000 which seams way too big. >> >> The comment suggests 5X the number of CPUs. We have 36 CPUs, which would >> mean 180 threads, which seems more reasonable. >> >> wunder >> Walter Underwood >> wun...@wunderwood.org >> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) >> >> >