If you use SuperServer, limit to 1 core because of problems. If you use
Classic multiple cores will be used (for different connections!).
Otherwise you will have to wait for Firebird 2.5 (or use the Alpha :)
which introduces better SMP support.

Mark

Tiberiu Horvath wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just received my new quad-core PC. I wonder if I can get firebird 2.1.1 use
> all cores ... Is there a setting ?
>
> from firebird.conf tried :
>
> <<
> # Which CPUs should be used (Windows Only)
> #
> # In an SMP system, sets which processors can be used by the server.
> # The value is taken from a bit map in which each bit represents a CPU.
> # Thus, to use only the first processor, the value is 1. To use both
> # CPU 1 and CPU 2, the value is 3. To use CPU 2 and CPU 3, the value
> # is 6. The default value is 1.
> #
> # Type: integer
> #
> CpuAffinityMask = 6
>
> But it uses only one core (25% processor).

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Mark Rotteveel <Avalanche1979@...>