Subject Re: [firebird-support] FB2 Xeon 2.8 Ghz 50% CPU
Author Vlad Horsun
> My installation of FB2 maxes out at 50% CPU under a full load. I am
> looking at TaskMgr.exe and watching the fbserver.exe process. I am
> assuming this is because the OS (Windows Server 2003 Enterprise) sees
> the Hyperthreading module of the CPU as a second processor. My
> question is:
>
> Can tweaking the CPU affinity in the firebird.conf file provide me with
> a performance gain if I set it to 3? I have a single Xeon 2.8 Ghz
> processor running FB2 superserver.

No. Current superserver architecture can't have more than one
active thread accessed the engine simultaneously. You probably can
have some performance gain using classic, but i never heard anything
good about hyperthreading on servers. It is feature for desktop use

Regards,
Vlad