Re: [GENERAL] Hardware Config
> > Will PostgreSQL take advantage of more than 1 CPU? If so, are there any > > benchmarks showing how it scales with multiple CPUs? We run PG on a quad xeon, and it works wonderfully. From PG's design of forking off a new backend for each connection, it is inherantly scalable, as each backend can run on another CPU. And, of course, having extra CPU's to handle kernel code, I/O, interrupts, and other things is always good. steve ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
Re: [GENERAL] Hardware Config
>From a previous thread, I remember being said that it is mostly an OS issue. So if >you make your OS kernel aware of your multiple CPUs, Pg will be just fine. cheers, thalis On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Rich Bowman wrote: > Will PostgreSQL take advantage of more than 1 CPU? If so, are there any > benchmarks showing how it scales with multiple CPUs? > > -- > Rich Bowman > Bennett Supply Company > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ---(end of broadcast)--- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
