Re: postgresql and smp linux kernel

zhicheng wang <wang_zc@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks Oliver Elphick
> does this mean that the applications do not need to be
> multi-threading in order to use multi-processors?

Yes, that's what it means.  Although you've probably oversimplified it
too much.  Multi-process applications make use of multiple processors
just as well as multi-threaded apps do.

>  --- Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 11:10, zhicheng wang wrote:
> > > Dear all
> > >
> > > i have a dedicated server mainly running
> > postgresql,
> > > currently rh-posgtresql-7.3.6.7 (and samba, ypbind
> > > etc). The server is a dual processor machine and
> > the
> > > OS is RHEL AS 3.
> > >
> > > I am currently running
> > kernel-smp-2.4.21-15.0.4.EL.
> > >
> > > My question is: do i need to run smp kernel for
> > > postgresql? What is benefit of it? If I run UP
> > kernel,
> > > what do I lose from the point view of PG?
> >
> > You do not NEED it for Pg, but it will improve
> > performance.  Each
> > separate session gets a different process and
> > therefore has a change to
> > run on the second processor concurrently with
> > another session on the
> > first processor.  The same goes for any other
> > processes that are
> > running, of course.
> >
> > If you do not use an SMP kernel, one of your
> > processors will sit there
> > for ever doing nothing, which is money down the
> > drain.
> >
> > --
> > Oliver Elphick
> >    olly@lfix.co.uk
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> Best wishes
> Z C Wang
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