Re: Configuring Oracle for an SMP machine

If I am not mistaken you have to install the Oracle parallel server option. The reason for my assumption is that while installing Oracle on a single processor RS 600 server I by mistake chose the parallel server option and as a result I got an Oracle error message telling me that there is only one processor found.

C. Mason wrote:
>
> 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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