how many threads to run in java?

Question

I had this brilliant idea to speed up the time needed for generating 36 files: use 36 threads!! Unfortunately if I start one connection (one j2ssh connection object

Answer 1

Be sure you don't create more threads than you have processing units or you are likely to create more overhead with context switching than you gain in concurrency. Also remember that you only have 1 HDD and 1 HDD controller as a result, I doubt multithreading is going to help you at all here.