About available threads for scanning
Symantec Protection Engine calculates the number of default threads based on the number of Cores or the processor. Symantec Protection Engine initializes the threads when the service starts. The number of threads that are initialized depends on the number of cores of the processor. The maximum value is 512 threads.
Processor Core count | Min Threads | Max Threads |
|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | 24 |
2 | 8 | 24 |
4 | 8 | 24 |
8 | 8 | 24 |
16 | 16 | 48 |
32 | 32 | 96 |
n>=8 | n | n*3 |