Rommel Abesames wrote:

>I think the difference is the usage of I/O completion ports. A
>pre-emptive scheduler will interrupt a task repeatedly while
>cooperative scheduling combined with I/O completion ports will only
>interrupt a task when the task waits on an I/O call.
>
>This can explain why currently a long Firebird (SS) query can dominate
>the server...it does not yield to other tasks while waiting for I/Os
>to complete. Of course an infinite loop with no I/O in a cooperative
>scheduling scheme will still tie up the server...but not heavy
>I/O...which dbmss are more subject to.
>
>
>

No, the problem with Firebird is that it is effectively singled
threaded. Vulcan addresses this problem.

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