I dont see any logs attached to this thread. Without this it will be just a wild guess with the resolution.It will also be good if you can mention the version of Windchill being used.
You can try executing the Windchill Config Assistant (WCA) in an interactive mode and specify the settings accordingly.. WCA calculates the no. of method servers per CPUs as shown below
methodServersPerCpu.1=1
methodServersPerCpu.2=2
methodServersPerCpu.3=2
methodServersPerCpu.4=2
methodServersPerCpu.5=2
methodServersPerCpu.6=2
methodServersPerCpu.7=3
methodServersPerCpu.8=3
methodServersPerCpu.9=3
methodServersPerCpu.10=4
methodServersPerCpu.11=4
methodServersPerCpu.12=4
methodServersPerCpu.13=4
methodServersPerCpu.14=5
methodServersPerCpu.15=5
methodServersPerCpu.16=5
methodServersPerCpu.17=5
methodServersPerCpu.18=5
methodServersPerCpu.19=6
methodServersPerCpu.20=6
methodServersPerCpu.21=6
methodServersPerCpu.22=6
methodServersPerCpu.23=7
methodServersPerCpu.24=7
methodServersPerCpu.25=7
methodServersPerCpu.26=7
methodServersPerCpu.27=7
methodServersPerCpu.28=8
methodServersPerCpu.29=8
methodServersPerCpu.30=8
methodServersPerCpu.31=8
methodServersPerCpu.32=8
You need to check the available free system memory. WCA mentions the minsize as 768 MB for the method server. This is from 10.2 M010.
Hope that helps
Regards
~Syed