# Increasing Network Threads without Setting Thread Affinity

If you want to increase the number of network threads without assigning them to specific cores, use the `network_thread_count` parameter.

The `network_thread_count` lets the EMS server control the number of network threads and also lets the administrator control the thread affinity externally (for example, by using the Linux `taskset` command).

If you set the thread affinity externally, we recommend that you avoid setting any thread affinity in the EMS server for either network traffic or stores.

The EMS server ignores the `network_thread_count` if the `processor_ids` parameter is also specified.

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