I presume we agree on the definition of SMP -- two more
processes sharing memory and scheduling symmetrically.
By SMP friendly, I mean a system that can effectively utilize
the resources effectively.
Firebird classic was designed for clusters (as defined by DEC),
which now exist only on VMS and some research envvironments.
Anything thatcan run a cluster is just strolling on SMP.
There are distinct downside to classic -- it can thrash under
heavy update load, security enforcement is nil, and you have
to trust application programs not to walk on the lock table
and page nubbers.If you can live with those constraints, it's
as SMP friendly as a database gets.
Vulcan, I hope, gives the benefits of classic without any of
the drawbacks. If you want or need super high bandwidth database
access,you can tweak the configuration files run in classic more
or even hybrid.
--
Jim Starkey
Netfrastructure, Inc.
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