Subject RE: [firebird-support] SMP
Author Alan McDonald
> I'm trying to find out where we stand with regard to SMP. I know
> that there is the CPU affinity issue on Superserver on Win32 (I
> believe that there is some form of correction in 1.5 for this). I
> know that one can use Classic on Win32, and get some benefit from any
> additional processors - although the Superserver manifesto for IB 5
> implies that this is of limited use
> (http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?
> a=ibphoenix&l=;IBPHOENIX.PAGES;NAME='ibp_50_ss_arch').
>
> But where do other platforms stand vis a vis SMP? Will Linux, OS X
> or Solaris exploit multiple processors in both architectures? Does
> anyone have any specific details?
>
> Thanks,
> Bernard

I'm not sure but maybe you should search the devel group on yahoo for
"vulcan" It's a new port to 64bit and I seem to remember reading about it's
impact on SMP and multi processors
Alan