Re: One or more processor ?

From: Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>
To: Hervé Piedvache <herve(at)elma(dot)fr>
Cc: Postgresql Performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: One or more processor ?
Date: 2003-10-10 16:38:46
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0310101836540.32606-100000@zigo.dhs.org
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On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, [iso-8859-15] Hervé Piedvache wrote:

> A simple question about PostgreSQL ... I have a Pentium Xeon Quadri
> processors ... If I do a SQL request ... does PostgreSQL use one or more
> processor ?

Each connection becomes a process, and each process runs on one processor.
So, with only one connection you use only one processor (and the OS might
use an other processor). Most databases has many concurrent users and then
it will use more processors.

--
/Dennis

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