IU_SORTTHREADS

Number of sort threads

WSupported on Windows
USupported on Unix

 

NSupported in Synergy .NET

The IU_SORTTHREADS environment variable specifies the number of sort threads.

The number of sort threads, in the range 0 – 8. The default is the number of CPUs, up to 8, or the number of keys.

IU_SORTTHREADS is tuned for SSDs. If you’re using a single HDD or a non-SSD temporary file device, you might see better performance by specifying a number lower than the default.

The environment.

isutl utility, fconvert utility

IU_FEEDERTHREADS for more information about how isutl uses multi-threading.

On Unix,

IU_SORTTHREADS=4 ;export IU_SORTTHREADS