Re: Configuring Oracle for an SMP machine

We are running ORACLE 7.3.3 on an IBM RS6000 SMP machine with 4 processors. I used the same install that I used on other IBM RS6000 machines that are single processors. So, unless there are major differences on your platform, I don't believe that you need a special version of the ORACLE Server.

Multi-threaded server in ORACLE refers to the way connections are made to the database. In the default ORACLE installation all connections are made through dedicated server processes, one process for each ORACLE connection. ORACLE allows you to set up a multi-threaded server configuration which eliminates the need for a dedicated server process for each connection. There are a number of init.ora parameters that need to be set up for MTS. Check you Server Administrator's Guide for more information. 67auh0$s9n_at_camel20.mindspring.com>...
>I inquired about configuring Oracle for an SMP server
>(multi processor) and was told that a special version
>of Oracle Server is required. I'm a bit confused
>because I thought SMP processing was a function of
>the OS, not the application (assuming the application
>was fully threaded). Can anyone confirm this? Does
>this mean that Oracle server is not multi-threaded?
>
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