--- schema_version: "1" id: e938563b64ffd17cb8a13193f7a8d2d1916d74c340f9d9834937e7ab1ba8e37d title: Server Process Limits collection: tableau version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/tableau/current/en-us/server-linux/distrib_process.md canonical_url: https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-us/distrib_process.htm source_site: help.tableau.com content_type: documentation content_hash: ba31ceea2b0b209b58cfccf7f4332e2efc8b96511562520b6ee0eb4740779242 description: Change server process instance limits using the service.max_procs configuration option. --- [Skip to main content](#main-content) # Server Process Limits When you reconfigure processes for Tableau Server, there is a limit to the amount that you can increase the number of process instances. By default, the limit is set to eight. If your machine has enough RAM and CPU cores, and you want to go above this limit, you can change the limit using the `service.max_procs` configuration option. For each process instance, Tableau recommends that the machine running the process have at least 1 GB of RAM and 1 logical CPU core. To change the maximum number of processes allowed: 1. Type the following command, where `number` is the maximum number of process instances you want to allow: `tsm configuration set -k service.max_procs -v ` For example: `tsm configuration set -k service.max_procs -v 10` 2. Next type: `tsm pending-changes apply` If the pending changes require a server restart, the `pending-changes apply` command will display a prompt to let you know a restart will occur. This prompt displays even if the server is stopped, but in that case there is no restart. You can suppress the prompt using the `--ignore-prompt` option, but this does not change the restart behavior. If the changes do not require a restart, the changes are applied without a prompt. For more information, see [tsm pending-changes apply](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-us/cli_pending-changes.htm#pending-changes-apply).