Re: difference between thread based and process based operating systems?

Nuno Souto wrote:
>
> "Ryan Gaffuri" <rgaffuri_at_cox.net> wrote in message news:1efdad5b.0305090427.2b2100a4_at_posting.google.com...
> > Ive seen some people discuss that oracle particularly Shared Server
> > operates differently on Unix than on Windows because Unix is 'process
> > based' and windows is 'thread based'. What is the difference?
>
> http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15213-f02/lectures/class28.pdf
> contains a good description of what is thread-based, what is process-based.
> And the "whys" and "hows" of one or the other.
>
> Some operating systems are traditionally stronger at handling multiple processes.
> Others are stronger at handling multiple threads within a process.
> Oracle simply uses one or the other technology depending on which OS it is
> running on and how realtively efficient each is.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au

I've heard rumours that Oracle 10 will be threaded for unix'es that support it....dunno if thats just talk though

cheers
connor

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