I have a question on this topic too:

Is it possible that the Classic Firebird 1.5 handle better on a XEON
Processor machine?

Sometimes the CPU usage is becoming 100% and we don´t know why. We are
using SS on a XEON machine, but the customer doesn´t allow switching off
multithreading in the BIOS.

chris


On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:53:15 +1100, Helen Borrie <helebor@...>
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> At 09:45 AM 16/03/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>> would using FB SS with multitple processors adversely affect transaction
>> speed?
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> "Transaction speed" = speed of execution of statements? Yes, on Windows
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> Superserver, definitely. This combo doesn't share processors. Once CPU
> consumption reaches a certain level, Windows swaps the whole lot over to
> the next CPU - it's called the "see-saw effect".
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