> I don't know how to do this yet but if I was able to dedicate one core
> to Firebird and let MS SQL Server look after itself, would that

prevent

> Firebird from being swamped or deprived of CPU?

Firebird Superserver has a CPUAffinity config setting.

MS SQL, I am pretty certain (99%), has a similar setting.


Accordingly, you should be able to segregated the CPUs for the given
tasks.


Sean