9.4.2 Worker Settings

Global directive: WorkerMinCount n

Sets minimum number of worker threads that must always be running. The default is 5. See Worker model.

Global directive: WorkerMaxCount n

Sets maximum number of worker threads. The default is 128. See Worker model.

Global directive: WorkerIdleTimeout n

Sets idle timeout for a worker thread, in seconds. Default is 30 seconds. See Worker model.

Global directive: Threads n

This statement, retained for backward compatibility with previous versions of pound, is equivalent to:

WorkerMinCount n
WorkerMaxCount n