On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 14:22:33 -0000, dw_sneep <dws@...> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I am using Firebird 152 Superserver on a server with a Xeon 2.4 CPU.
> The OS is Win2003 Standard Server. There is only one cpu, but:
> When I booted the server, I saw the BIOS detecting two cpu's! Is this
> usual for Xeon CPU's?
> Superserver in a multiprocessor environment requires the
> CpuAffinityMask setting in firebird.conf. Is this setting also
> required in this case?

Those Xeon thingies have multiple-core CPUs. They call it ``HyperThreading''
or ``HT'', for short. Hyperthreading is very similar to real SMP, so yes, you
should do with your firebird configuration whatever you'd do on a SMP machine.

Daniel

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