Re: sybase system 10 limitation of 4 processors ?

What exactly do you mean support for more than one processor? I have heard this talk before, but I was under the same conclusion as Dr. Chen that most DBMS are IO bound. What support are these DBMS claiming for multi processors. Are we talking about being able to assign process to a processor? I think Not. You have to have OS support for that. Correct ? Lawrence C. Hutson, Consultant HCI International ahl@cc.bellcore.com wrote: : Hi: : I am trying to find out the conceptual reason why sybase system 10 does : not work well with more than 4 processors. I have heard that it has : scalability problems. Is this true ? Are there any other major problems : related to system 10 ? Is there an architectural flaw that is difficult : to correct ? : Do most database servers need more than 4 processors ? : Do oracle/informix have a advantage over sybase because they can handle : upto 32 processors ? : Any other related information would be greatly appreciated. : Regards: : -- : Atul H. Lathia, donuts3!ahl,ahl@donuts3.bellocre.com, RRC 5C-114, 908-699-6554