TheSM_MAX_MONITORING_THREADS environment variable represents the maximum number of monitoring threads that the monitoring system will use for monitoring changes. The default value is 3.

The recommended values are described in Recommended values for SM_MAX_MONITORING_THREADS.

Table 1. Recommended values for SM_MAX_MONITORING_THREADS

Platform

Recommended value

All supported platforms

Up to 3, but no more than the number of CPUs on the machine.