> -----Original Message-----
> As a side note - even "real databa$e $erver$" are CPU hungry. Just
> because you pay lot$ of dollar$ for MS-SQL, Oracle, or DB2 does not mean
> your code will use less CPU.

Firebird is a real RDBMS ;-)

>
> RDBMS are, by definition, CPU hogs.

I would hazard a guess that 99% of CPUs in the world are under utilized,
including (in my experience at two large web hosting companies) most web
based servers. IMO its not a bad thing that a CPU is hitting 99 - 100%
utilization (with the exception of power consumption) and any user that has
a copy of M$ Office will notice that 100% CPU is used by Excel, Word etc.

I would have thought the thread priority of an application/server process is
more of an issue, to ensure one process doesn't unnecessarily block another
processes from getting a fire slice of the CPU.

Rgds

Si Carter
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