Re: utilising multi-cpu/core machines? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Trevor Talbot
Subject Re: utilising multi-cpu/core machines?
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Msg-id 90bce5730709051707j30fb4ac9w4c65158f736e22e5@mail.gmail.com
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In response to utilising multi-cpu/core machines?  (Thomas Finneid <tfinneid@student.matnat.uio.no>)
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On 9/5/07, Thomas Finneid <tfinneid@student.matnat.uio.no> wrote:

> how does pg utilise multi cpus/cores, i.e. does it use more than one
> core? and possibly, how, are there any documentation about this.

PostgreSQL creates a new process to handle each connection to the
database.  Multiple sessions can therefore spread across multiple
cores, but a single session will never use more than one.

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