X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3778C9DCD3D for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:25:15 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 63980-02 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:25:13 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from frank.wiles.org (frank.wiles.org [24.124.39.75]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A536A9DCAEF for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:25:10 -0400 (AST) Received: from kungfu (frank.wiles.org [127.0.0.1]) by frank.wiles.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id k2NGP5gM020331; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:25:05 -0600 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:26:42 -0600 From: Frank Wiles To: "Jojo Paderes" Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Scaling up PostgreSQL in Multiple CPU / Dual Core Message-Id: <20060323102642.391f489e.frank@wiles.org> In-Reply-To: <65f9ddfb0603222219r1742c2aevda37acd55ca845be@mail.gmail.com> References: <65f9ddfb0603222219r1742c2aevda37acd55ca845be@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.3 (GTK+ 2.6.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.072 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.072] X-Spam-Score: 0.072 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200603/473 X-Sequence-Number: 17910 On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:19:24 +0800 "Jojo Paderes" wrote: > I'd like to know if the latest PostgreSQL release can scale up by > utilizing multiple cpu or dual core cpu to boost up the sql > executions. > > I already do a research on the PostgreSQL mailing archives and only > found old threads dating back 2000. A lot of things have improved with > PostgreSQL and hopefully the support for multiple cpu or dual cores is > already provided. Yes PostgreSQL can take advantage of multiple CPUs and core, has been able to for quite some time. --------------------------------- Frank Wiles http://www.wiles.org ---------------------------------