Manage thread count with respect to available memory in Java

Question

How to manage thread count with respect to available memory in Java. That means, I want to control the count of running threads, by coding, with respect to memory available in the server. Any types of suggestion, tips, tutorial, lib is welcome.

Answer 1

Yes use executorService. In Java Concurrency in Practice it is actually recommended to set the thread count based on the number of processors. I think the formula was thread count = number of processors + one, but I may remember wrong...