NumConsolidationThreads

This setting controls the multi-threading of consolidations per application server.

Range: No hard limit on range. Value must be a positive number.

Default value: 8

Note:

Lowering the value limits the system's utilization of system resources, resulting in slower consolidation performance. Raising the value results in higher CPU utilization and may affect other components’ performance.

Tip:

Tests were conducted to evaluate the impact of increasing NumConsolidationThreads from 4 to 8. Results below show that one month consolidation times became faster.

Transactions	92 users NumConsolidationThreads = 4 Average Response Time (seconds)	92 users NumConsolidationThreads = 8 Average Response Time (seconds)
01_Run_Consolidation_ A_1105	10.11	3.22
02_Run_Consolidation_A_0005	16.15	9.47
03_Run_Consolidation_ A_2205	7.75	3.19
04_Run_Consolidation_A_3305	18.67	9.17
05_Run_Consolidation_B_1105	8.21	3.14
06_Run_Consolidation_B_0005	13.26	9.27
07_Run_Consolidation_B_2205	7.69	6.20
08_Run_Consolidation_B_3305	18.29	9.41
09_Run_Consolidation_C_0005	30.59	22.08

Note:

CPU utilization on Financial Management application servers during test execution was acceptable with capacity available to accommodate more intense workload.

Note:

Before increasing this value, ensure all settings are the same on all application servers; you should test to see how many current consolidations will run on a given server before total consolidation time is actually worse when running concurrent consolidations versus consolidations waiting in queue.