Subject Re: [firebird-support] RE: Preventing a query from using all CPU time
Author Ann W. Harrison
chriskudla wrote:
>
> SuperServer is *SUPPOSED* to be faster on "newer" hardware,

SuperServer was supposed to be faster on newer hardware when it was
designed in 1994. "New" has changed ...

> multiprocessors (new technology!) So what kind of hardware *IS* it
> going to be quicker to run SuperServer on? How do we know when to
> start using it again?

The Vulcan subproject has redone the threading design in Firebird to
work with multi-processors. The roadmap for Firebird calls for the
release of Version 2 followed by integration with Vulcan.

Regards,


Ann