> > Agreed. Thats why we *always* start with a SS install, do
> > some 'analisys' and than if we find we can get more with CS we move

to

> > CS e see if it works better, and usually does on SMP machines.
>
> Just a hint: When switching from Superserver to Classic, watch out the
> page buffers setting, if you have choosen a somewhat higher value when
> using Superserver. This setting might eat your RAM when using Classic
> with a quite a number of connections.

In addition, a large page buffer setting is not good for Classic -- the
larger setting requires the engine instances to do more page
synchronization, thus slowing down the engine performance.


Sean