The maximum number of threads that are allocated for active Monitors. Monitors are used for scanning folders and running Projects when the Monitor conditions are met. Each Monitor utilizes a separate thread (a slice of CPU) in

Managed File Transfer

. Therefore, if the Maximum Concurrent Monitors value is set to 20, then up to 20 Monitors can be active at one time. Once the Maximum Concurrent Monitors value is reached, any new Monitors will be queued until threads become available.

When running

Managed File Transfer

in a clustered environment, this maximum setting applies to each system in the cluster. For example, if the Maximum Concurrent Monitors is set to 20 and there are three systems in the cluster, a total of 60 Monitors can be run concurrently.