Increase Thread Count from within the onbase32.ini file until there is no longer an improvement in processing speed. A rule of thumb would be to start with as many threads as you have processors, increasing to a maximum of three threads per processor. So a four-processor machine would have the following beginning point in the onbase32.ini file under Tuning. Then, increase the Thread Count from within the onbase32.ini file until there is no longer an improvement in processing speed.
[Tuning]
ArchiveThreads=4
When you launch the COLD processor look to the Queued Items, found in the Processor Status dialog box, to discern whether your thread count is too high or too low. The Queued Items should be below 100. If it is below, you may want to increase archive threads, and if it is above, you will want to decrease the number of archive threads. If you increase your thread count and do not see any Queued Items, then you will need to reference the Verification Report to discern whether or not performance has been diminished. Queued items only occur when OnBase is processing data faster than the database can accept it. To have some queued items is common, however, 100 items queued is considered the maximum threshold.
If you are monitoring your threads through the Microsoft Windows Task Manager, you may notice that your processors are not being utilized uniformly. OnBase Advanced COLD will create the threads, but it is the function of the operating system to control the actual utilization of processors.