Java Processes

[Joe Warner]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to control the number of Java processes that get spawned 
when running one of the variants in /usr/ports/java..? I'm running 
linux-ibm-jdk1.3.1 and when I launch /usr/local/linux-ibm-jdk1.3.1/bin/java 
it spawns 5 processes of java and it's bringing my system to it's knees! 
There was an older version that I used to run that only spawned 1 process and 
my system could handle it fine.

I've looked through the supplied documentation, this list and even Google and
can't find any instructions on how to limit these processes.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

Joe