Re: Oracle on multi-process AIX UNIX

From: Martin Hepworth <maxsec_at_usa.net>
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 08:29:02 +0100
Message-ID: <37562EBE.102A0CA7@usa.net>

"Paul K. Jensen" wrote:
>
> I'm trying to do some research on optimizing an application to run on a 4
> processor AIX Unix box. I've been advised that the OS is single threaded,
> and specific commands must be issued to use more than the first processor.
>
> Can anyone confirm/deny this and point me in the appropriate direction for
> documentation/examples?

Paul

probably better asking this question on comp.unix.aix.

Anyway from what I know if AIX (or for that matter Unix in general), you will have to specifically use threads to get your app to use more than one CPU at a time - ie you have to figure out which bit can be parallelised and then code the app according.

Martin Received on Thu Jun 03 1999 - 02:29:02 CDT