I had a colleague who encountered the same problem you mentioned and
that was eventually how he fixed it. I believe it is a problem with
IB6, and both IB 7 and FB1.5 run well with hyperthreading on.
Basically, hyperthreading allows more than one operation to access
different parts of the CPU simultaneously. Generally, it makes things
faster, although my guess is that IB6 causes some sort of deadlock
which has to timeout.

Implications, I am only guessing at, but other applications on the
server may run slower. If it is mainly a file server though,
processing power will not be a bottleneck even with hyperthreading
off. You might lose 15% speed at worst.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Rees" <reescom@b...>
wrote:

> Thanks for your help - turning off Hyperthreading in the BIOS fix it

(on my

> laptop win xp).... just wondering on implications of turning this off
> though - especially if thats the problem with win 2003 server ?
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GrumpyRain" <s3057043@y...>
> To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:42 AM
> Subject: [firebird-support] Re: Interbase slow start on win xp and 2003
> server
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> > --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Rees" <reescom@b...>
> > wrote:
> >> Using Interbase 6.01
> >> I have this program running at 10 sites. Two sites using windows
> > 2003 server and 2 using later versions of windows xp exerience about
> > 30 to 60 second delay in initial access to interbase. Other sites are
> > fine. Also just got a new laptop which also has the delay. I've
> > checked the firewall and antivirus but still occurs with them off.
> >>
> >> 1. Does anyone know the cause & solution?
> >> 2. Does Firebird have a similar problem?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help
> >> Geoff
> >>
> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> > Check with hyperthreading turned off (in the BIOS) and see if that
> > helps. I don't believe it is a problem with Firebird but don't quote
> > me on that.
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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