Re: Is PostgreSQL multi-threaded?

From: Alfred Perlstein <bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net>
To: Rich Teer <richard(dot)teer(at)rite-group(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Is PostgreSQL multi-threaded?
Date: 2000-05-30 00:07:18
Message-ID: 20000529170718.Z28594@fw.wintelcom.net
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* Rich Teer <richard(dot)teer(at)rite-group(dot)com> [000529 17:03] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a (hopefully) easy & quick question: is PostgreSQL 7.0 (or earlier
> releases) multithreaded, i.e., will it make good use of multiple processors?
> The target platform is Sun SPARC (SuperSPARC & UltraSPARC), running Solaris 7
> or Solaris 8.

Postgresql works under a multi-process model, it will take advantage
of multiple processors. However it not multi-threaded.

Consider trimming your .sig.

thanks,
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-Alfred Perlstein - [bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net|alfred(at)freebsd(dot)org]
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