Set num_servers to 1 in the sample config, as that is the more typical situation.

[cubemap] / cubemap.config.sample

diff --git a/cubemap.config.sample b/cubemap.config.sample
index 9b104d8f8de442934665ec43bcc2731409c74f17..83fc5688eaacac22ccb422f978bacf27fa683c6c 100644 (file)
--- a/cubemap.config.sample
+++ b/cubemap.config.sample
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 # error_log, stats_file, etc.
 
 #daemonize
-num_servers 4   # one for each cpu
+
+# For low-traffic servers (less than a gigabit or two), num_servers 1 is fine.
+# For best performance in high-traffic situations, you want one for each CPU.
+num_servers 1
 
 #
 # All input ports are treated exactly the same, but you may use multiple ones nevertheless.