Index: server.scm
==================================================================
--- server.scm
+++ server.scm
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@
 							   " -daemonize "
 							   "")
 		      ;; " -log " logfile
 		      " -m testsuite:" testsuite)) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
 	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread"))
-         (load-limit  (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "jobtools" "maxhomehostload" default: 3.0)))
+         (load-limit  (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "jobtools" "max-server-start-load" default: 3.0)))
     ;; we want the remote server to start in *toppath* so push there
     (push-directory areapath)
     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying to start server (" cmdln ") ...")
     (thread-start! log-rotate)
     

Index: tests/fdktestqa/fdk.config
==================================================================
--- tests/fdktestqa/fdk.config
+++ tests/fdktestqa/fdk.config
@@ -10,27 +10,19 @@
 # This is your link path, you can move it but it is generally better to keep it stable
 linktree #{shell readlink -f #{getenv MT_RUN_AREA_HOME}/../simplelinks}
 
 [include testqa/configs/megatest.abc.config]
 
-# timeout 0.025
-
 [jobtools]
 maxload 4
-launcher nbfake
+# launcher smartlauncher --cores 1 --memory 1
+launcher nbjob run --target pdx_soft --class 'SLES11&&1C&&1G' --qslot /icf/fdk/soft 
+# launcher bsub -q priority -o $MT_TEST_RUN_DIR/openlava.log 
 
 [server]
 # timeout 0.01
 # homehost xena
 # homehost 143.182.225.38
-
 # force server
-server-query-threshold 0
-
-
-[jobtools]
-# launcher nbq -P ch_vp -C SLES11_EM64T_4G -Q /ciaf/fdk
-launcher nbfake
-maxload 4
-
-# launcher bsub -q priority -o $MT_TEST_RUN_DIR/openlava.log 
+# server-query-threshold 0
+
 

Index: tests/fdktestqa/testqa/Makefile
==================================================================
--- tests/fdktestqa/testqa/Makefile
+++ tests/fdktestqa/testqa/Makefile
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 	$(MEGATEST) -remove-runs -target a/b -runname c -testpatt %/%
 	$(MEGATEST) -run -testpatt % -target a/b -runname c
 
 bigbig :
 	for tn in a b c d;do \
-	   ($(MEGATEST) -run -testpatt % -target a/b -runname $tn & ) ; \
+	   (NUMTESTS=1000 $(MEGATEST) -run -testpatt % -target a/b -runname $$tn & ) ; \
 	done
 
 waitonpatt :
 	megatest -remove-runs -runname waitonpatt -target a/b -testpatt %
 	NUMTESTS=15 megatest -run -target a/b -runname waitonpatt -testpatt bigrun3/%8

Index: tests/fdktestqa/testqa/megatest.config
==================================================================
--- tests/fdktestqa/testqa/megatest.config
+++ tests/fdktestqa/testqa/megatest.config
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 [setup]
 testcopycmd cp --remove-destination -rlv TEST_SRC_PATH/. TEST_TARG_PATH/. >> TEST_TARG_PATH/mt_launch.log 2>> TEST_TARG_PATH/mt_launch.log
 # launchwait no
-launch-delay 0.1
+# launch-delay 0.1
+launch-delay 0
+
+[jobtools]
+maxhomehostload 4
 
 [server]
 # runtime 180
 # timeout is in hours, this is how long the server will stay alive when not being used.
-timeout 0.1
+# timeout 0.1
 
 # All these are overridden in ../fdk.config
 # [jobtools]
 # launcher nbfake
 # launcher bsub -q priority -o $MT_TEST_RUN_DIR/openlava.log