I assume Firebird is just doing connection pooling internally. To be fair though, it is supposed to have very good performance but without all the features of PostgreSQL.
Oscar On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Yonatan Goraly wrote: > Isn't this what connection pooling is all about? > > Wade Chandler wrote: > > >Just wondering. Did you know that every Postgres connection creates a > >system process, and not a thread? PostgreSQL uses Fork. I don't use it > >because of this. DB Connection = Separate Process. I use Firebird. > >You can use Firebird 1.5 even. That's just a consideration since you > >are posting about performance. > > > >Wade > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Yonatan Goraly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 3:05 AM > >To: Tomcat Users List > >Subject: Re: Slow on Linux > > > > > >I have read that Suse linux team has been working closely with AMD to > >support AMD64, and I am going to try their commercial product > >(professional edition, $130). > >I know that SUN plan to have an AMD64 version for the JDK 1.5, which > >should be next year. > > > >The reason for choosing the Linux OS is not Java, but the database. I > >plan to use PostgreSQL 7.4, and they have a builds for suse x86_64, so > >it looks promising. > > > >Nikola Milutinovic wrote: > > > > > > > >>Yonatan Goraly wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>The exact execution time of that line of code is not very relevant, > >>>since the difference is between an interval I can't notice to an > >>>interval I can notice very well - should be at least a factor of > >>> > >>> > >x100. > > > > > >>>I just finished installing RedHat 9 (32 bit), the performance is much > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > >>>better, and the CPU is working much less. I guess it was something > >>>related to the Mandrake version I had. > >>>It still feels slower than what I am used to on Windows, but I have > >>>to make measurements in order to arrive at any conclusions. > >>> > >>> > >>You're using Opteron - that is 64-bit CPU. Why not compile kernel from > >>the source for your desired platform? > >> > >>Is there a JRE specifically for Opteron? > >> > >>Nix. > >> > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
