Re: PostgreSQL + SMP - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: PostgreSQL + SMP
Date
Msg-id 200012102006.PAA00706@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to RE: PostgreSQL + SMP  (Matthew <matt@ctlno.com>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL + SMP  (Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>)
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> Postgre is not threaded, but every connection gets it's own process.  The OS
> will distribute the processes across the processors.  Not sure I said that
> very will.
>
> Basically a single connection will not be any faster with SMP, but multiple
> connections will be.

Actually, even a single process will be faster because all other system
process will run on other cpu's.

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