Re: SMP & threads for SQL queries
Date: 1996/09/03
Message-ID: <50j3ju$kso_at_nnrp1.news.primenet.com>#1/1
In message <322C8566.3382B8E3_at_fc.net> - Linas Vepstas <linas_at_fc.net>Tue, 03
Sep 1996 14:22:14 -0500 writes:
:>
:>Hi,
:>
:>Can anyone recommend an sql server that supports SMP
:>(symmetric multiprocessing) & threads for queries?
:>
:>We are looking at buying a 2-way or 4-way pentium pro,
:>and running linux on this. It seems that the popular
:>(i.e. cheap) linux databases (msql, justlogic, empress)
:>may not support this. clearly, its a waste to buy an
:>MP system if the databases won't make use of the extra
:>processors. The database would be mostly queried, and
:>very, very rarely updated.
:>
:>Anyone with experiences, please report ...
:>
:>Also, what is the largest database anyone has run
:>under linux? More than a few gigs? What's the largest
:>amount of real memory anyone has used? Has anyone
:>attempted to plug in 512 meg of simms, or more into
:>a linux box?
:>
:>--linas
:>linas_at_fc.net
FWIW, the latest Linux Journal reported on a company running Progress under Linux (SCO binaries).
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