> **Important Note:** the value specified in this configuration element is a *per-core* setting. For example, if you have a 4 core machine and want your minIOThreads setting to be 200 at runtime, you would use `<processModel minIoThreads="50"/>`.
- Outside of ASP.NET, use the [ThreadPool.SetMinThreads(…)](https://msdn.microsoft.com//en-us/library/system.threading.threadpool.setminthreads(v=vs.100).aspx) API.
- In .Net Core, add Environment Variable COMPlus_ThreadPool_ForceMinWorkerThreads to overwrite default MinThreads setting, according to [Environment/Registry Configuration Knobs](https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/blob/master/Documentation/project-docs/clr-configuration-knobs.md)
