On Oct 18, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Onyx wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> Does anyone know if PostgreSQL supports running on dual processors,
> and will efficiently utilize the dual processors for performance?
> More specifically, will PostgreSQL utilize the dual processor
> performance of using dual-core AMD chips? Any information would be
> helpful...
>
> Thank you!
Each connection is a separate process, so yes it will, assuming
multiple connections to the backend.
There are numerous threads in the archives on why we don't use
threading.
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