well, you know, it depends on the test, but I can tell you that I'm getting much better results out of SQL Server right now, but I'm working on this, my intention is having a fb backend much faster than anything else... and yes, I didn't see any different from Express or no-express... Are you sure it only uses one processor? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "For users and developers of the Firebird .NET providers" <firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [Firebird-net-provider] Firebird scalability under heavy load
> > >> Well, needless to say I'm pretty happy with Firebird, which I believe is >> a >> great db. In fact up to 10 concurrent users (I'm talking about our >> system, >> it will obviously vary with others) Fb is better than SQL Server. >> >> >> Well, I tried both with SQLServer 2005 (a developers' release) and >> Express >> and they both give me the same numbers! I tried both with the same >> hardware/sw configuration and the same dedicated client machines (about >> 40 >> boxes running plastic clients). >> > > That's very interesting. The Express version of SQL Server is limited to > 1 processor and 1 GB of memory. Maybe I'm not awake yet, but I would > have expected the opposite results than what you show. I expected that > as more users connected to SQL Server, it would slow down, from being > too limited, and Firebird would show more speed. > > > Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Firebird-net-provider mailing list > Firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Firebird-net-provider mailing list Firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider
