mention that blocking operations require more worker processes than n…

…on-blocking operations
mojolicious · Jan 18, 2014 · c71e687 · c71e687
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diff --git a/lib/Mojo/Server/Hypnotoad.pm b/lib/Mojo/Server/Hypnotoad.pm
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ Username for worker processes.
   workers => 10
 
 Number of worker processes, defaults to C<4>. A good rule of thumb is two
-worker processes per CPU core.
+worker processes per CPU core for applications that perform mostly
+non-blocking operations, blocking operations often require more.
 
 =head1 METHODS
 

diff --git a/lib/Mojo/Server/Prefork.pm b/lib/Mojo/Server/Prefork.pm
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ Full path of process id file, defaults to a random temporary path.
   $prefork    = $prefork->workers(10);
 
 Number of worker processes, defaults to C<4>. A good rule of thumb is two
-worker processes per CPU core.
+worker processes per CPU core for applications that perform mostly
+non-blocking operations, blocking operations often require more.
 
 =head1 METHODS