Hi,

> I have a client that is having problems with a new server, they are

trying

> to improve performance on a system temporarily (their actual aim is to

eval

> FB 1 / IB 7). Their old server is dual proc 800 MHZ PIII with 1GB RAM OS

/

> swap and temp on mirrored, data on 5 disk raid. New server is 2.2Ghz PIII
> with 2GB RAM and same disk config (except disks spin 2x old disk speed.
>
> The new server starts off being a lot quicker, but performance degrades as
> load increases during the day. They are doing all kinds of observational
> testing and have noticed that under heavy load the IB process' No of

threads

> jumps between 20 -> 240.

What are the transaction statistics on this? Is there a large gap between
these?



With regards,

Martijn Tonies
InterBase Workbench - the developer tool for InterBase & Firebird
Firebird Workbench - the developer tool for Firebird
Upscene Productions
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