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<p>Sets the number of IO poll threads to use when polling for I/O.
The maximum number of poll threads allowed is 1024. The default is 1.
</p>
+ <p>A good way to check if more IO poll threads are needed is to use
+ <seealso marker="runtime_tools:msacc">microstate accounting</seealso>
+ and see what the load of the IO poll thread is. If it is high it could
+ be a good idea to add more threads.</p>
</item>
<tag><marker id="+IOPp"/><c>+IOPp PollSetsPercentage</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -789,7 +793,7 @@
<item>
<p>Similar to <seealso marker="#+IOt"><c>+IOt</c></seealso> but uses
percentages to set the number of IO poll threads to create, based on
- the number of schedulers configures. If both <c>+IOPt</c> and
+ the number of schedulers configured. If both <c>+IOPt</c> and
<c>+IOt</c> are used, <c>+IOPt</c> is ignored.
</p>
</item>