Re: Is PostgreSQL multi-threaded?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net>
Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net>, Rich Teer <richard(dot)teer(at)rite-group(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Is PostgreSQL multi-threaded?
Date: 2000-05-30 02:42:21
Message-ID: 200005300242.WAA17155@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> >
> > * 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.
> >
> So in other words, it *is* multithreaded. It just uses heavyweight
> threads.

Exactly.

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