Re:
> The Pool controls the number of JSMAIN processes.   What is the advantage of
> having two JSMAIN processes.

As Steve M said, it affects the performance during
logons.  It only comes into play during two or more
(nearly) simultaneous logon attempts.  Thus, if your
average time between logons is several minutes, you
generally won't benefit by having more than 1 spare JSMAIN.

Note that you can configure the JSMAIN pool for SESSIONS
separately from JOBS.

If you've got a **lot** of short jobs (e.g.,
averaging 5 or more jobs starting per *minute*), you
might want to increase the JOBS JSMAIN pool.
(Ditto for sessions).

In short, most people won't want more than 1 or 2.
(Ours are both 1 ... and I just noticed that the JOBS
process seems to be keeping around 2 spare JSMAINS instead
of our configured 1 :)

Stan

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