diff --git a/conf/onos_node.conf b/conf/onos_node.conf
index 4e67466..183f696 100644
--- a/conf/onos_node.conf
+++ b/conf/onos_node.conf
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@
 # Port number of RAMCloud server (12242 by default)
 #ramcloud.server.port = 12242
 
+# RAMCloud server option masterServiceThreads (5 by default)
+#ramcloud.masterServiceThreads = 5
+
+# RAMCloud server option logCleanerThreads (1 by default)
+#ramcloud.logCleanerThreads = 1
+
+# RAMCloud server option detectFailures [0=disabled] (0 by default for ONOS development)
+#ramcloud.detectFailures = 0
+
 # List of hostname/ip[:port] which forms Hazelcast grid
 # If this value is empty, Hazelcast will be set to multicast mode.
 # Inversely, if this value is set, multicast settings will be ignored.
diff --git a/onos.sh b/onos.sh
index bb090e8..c8f3dbd 100755
--- a/onos.sh
+++ b/onos.sh
@@ -640,9 +640,13 @@
   local coord_addr=`rc-coord-addr`
   local server_addr=`rc-server-addr`
 
+  local masterServiceThreads=$(read-conf ${ONOS_CONF} ramcloud.masterServiceThreads 5)
+  local logCleanerThreads=$(read-conf ${ONOS_CONF}    ramcloud.logCleanerThreads    1)
+  local detectFailures=$(read-conf ${ONOS_CONF}       ramcloud.detectFailures       0)
+
   # Run ramcloud
   echo -n "Starting RAMCloud server ... "
-  ${RAMCLOUD_HOME}/obj.${RAMCLOUD_BRANCH}/server -M -L ${server_addr} -C ${coord_addr} --masterServiceThreads 1 --logCleanerThreads 1 --detectFailures 0 > $RAMCLOUD_SERVER_LOG 2>&1 &
+  ${RAMCLOUD_HOME}/obj.${RAMCLOUD_BRANCH}/server -M -L ${server_addr} -C ${coord_addr} --masterServiceThreads ${masterServiceThreads} --logCleanerThreads ${logCleanerThreads} --detectFailures ${detectFailures} > $RAMCLOUD_SERVER_LOG 2>&1 &
   echo "STARTED"
 }