It currently defaults to NOSMP -- but the setting only applies for multiple processes. So: If only one instance: SMP is always enabled if > 1 instance and no setting or HC_NOSMP=1 then SMP is disabled for all instances if > 1 instance and setting is HC_NOSMP=0 then SMP is enabled for all instances I really wish I had named it HC_SMP instead. I don't like negative logic. I must have been brain-dead the day I added that parameter. :(