Totally Agree Nigel. When I made the decision to use SS it was based on
a doc that said SS was the Future of FB. The names also enhance that,
Super Server sounds grunty, Classic Server sounds 'OLD and reliable'.


Rob Martin
Software Engineer

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Nigel Weeks wrote:

>It appears a decision matrix needs to be created to determine where to use
>Classic Server, or SuperServer.
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>If we throw around the points, maybe it could be created on the website, so
>people don't think that SS is the latest and greatest all the time?
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>Factor Classic Server
>Super Server
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>Guaranteed simple, short transactions, OLTP
>(No complex analysis, limited reporting) Good
>Excellent
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>Moderate transaction complexity, OLAP
>(Complex analysis, More reporting) Excellent
>Good(Can block other operations on complex queries)
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>Single processor machine Excellent
>Excellent
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>Multi-processor(SMP and HT) Excellent
>Poor(Requires Affinity - back to 1 CPU performance)
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>Perhaps something like this is more suited for firebird-general.sorry!
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