On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 03:18:31PM -0800, Nathan Seven wrote: > I'm new to the list and am looking at using AOLServer > for an upcoming project. > I had planned on using Firebird for my backing db but
> I *could* use postgresql but reading the AOLServer > scaling and tuning information, I think I will want to > use and external db driver (because all of my machines > are multi-proc). How does that follow at all? What difference does it make that your servers are SMP machines with multiple processors? AOLserver runs quite nicely on SMPs, regardless of what database drivers it uses. I am not aware of any performance reasons to prefer an external over an internal driver, are you? Both the Oracle and PostgreSQL drivers are internal (same process space as AOLserver), and those are the only ones I'm familiar with. AOL folks, you actually use Sybase via an external driver at AOL, right? Could you comment on this? Why FireBird? Are you using it extensively for other (non-AOLserver) applications? Is anyone else out there using it much? For what would it be better than PostgreSQL, and how? I ask seriously, as I'm kind of curious about all those things, but have never attempted to keep track of what the Firebird RDBMS folks are up to. -- Andrew Piskorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.piskorski.com -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
