Re: Multi Procerssor
Mitch Vincent <mitch@venux.net>
From: "Mitch Vincent" <mitch@venux.net>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>, "Ryan Mahoney" <ryan@paymentalliance.net>
Date: 2001-05-03T01:53:03Z
Lists: pgsql-general
> Maybe late to ask this question - but - does PG benefit from multi > processor? Though it's not threaded, multiple backends will use multiple processors . >Is it dependant on the OS? Yes. The OS has to allow use of the second (or third or fourth) processor. Most modern Unix-like OSes will have this feature... OpenBSD is the only one I can think of off the top of my head that doesn't have SMP support. >And which OS' are most tuned for this purpose? Tuned for SMP? Well, different OS's handle that in many different ways so that's a question which requires a pretty long answer to cover all the possibilities.. I use FreeBSD and Linux (though mainly FreeBSD) on my SMP boxes and both do a fine job. -Mitch